SEC. 202. FEDERAL-STATE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION REGARDING 
              NOTIFICATION OF INTERSTATE WITNESS RELOCATION.

    (a) Attorney General To Promote Interstate Coordination.--The 
Attorney General shall engage in activities, including the 
establishment of a model Memorandum of Understanding under subsection 
(b), which promote coordination among State and local witness 
interstate relocation programs.
    (b) Model Memorandum of Understanding.--The Attorney General shall 
establish a model Memorandum of Understanding for States and localities 
that engage in interstate witness relocation. Such a model Memorandum 
of Understanding shall include a requirement that notice be provided to 
the jurisdiction to which the relocation has been made by the State or 
local law enforcement agency that relocates a witness to another State 
who has been arrested for or convicted of a crime of violence as 
described in section 16 of title 18, United States Code.
    (c) Byrne Grant Assistance.--The Attorney General is authorized to 
expend up to 10 percent of the total amount appropriated under section 
511 of subpart 2 of part E of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 for purposes of making grants pursuant to section 
510 of that Act to those jurisdictions that have interstate witness 
relocation programs and that have substantially followed the model 
Memorandum of Understanding.
    (d) Guidelines and Determination of Eligibility.--The Attorney 
General shall establish guidelines relating to the implementation of 
subsection (c) and shall determine, consistent with such guidelines, 
which jurisdictions are eligible for grants under subsection (c).





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