Justice Assistance Act of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Justice Assistance Act of 1981 - Title I: Amendments to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Amends title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Justice System Improvement) to eliminate the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics. Retains the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute of Justice. Establishes a new Office of Justice Assistance. Revises the formula grant program to make the following changes. Decreases from 23 to 12 the purposes for which formula grants may be made. Requires States to provide a 50 percent match to receive Federal funding. Eliminates the current requirement that States and localities establish criminal justice councils and local criminal justice advisory boards. Requires the formula grant application to be submitted for approval to the State legislature or designated body which shall act on the application as it would for State budget requests. Requires a State to distribute formula grants among local governments in the same proportion that such governments expend State funds for law enforcement purposes. Increases from 80 to 90 percent t…