1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Act of 2019 . 2. Justice Reinvestment Initiative (a) Authorization The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, entities with national law enforcement and corrections expertise, and institutions of higher education with national law enforcement and corrections expertise for the purposes described in subsection (b). (b) Purposes The purposes of the grant program under this section are to— (1) identify drivers of criminal justice resource consumption; (2) improve jurisdictions’ capacity to prevent and respond to violent crime, including by reducing the risk for recidivism (as measured by arrests for new crimes, convictions for new crimes, incarcerations for new crimes, and revocations based on technical violations); (3) identify offenders’ risks for general and violent recidivism, and related substance use and mental health needs, and mitigate their risk for engaging in violent behavior or being the victims of violent crime; and (4) improve public safety through a re-allocation of resources in high performing crime- and recidivism-reduction efforts. (c) Application An applicant seeking a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. (d) Uses of funds A recipient of a grant under this section shall use the grant funds for programs designed to— (1) analyze criminal justice trends to understand factors driving jail and prison population growth; (2) develop and implement policy options to generate savings and increase public safety; (3) quantify savings and reinvest in select, high-risk communities and other prevention-oriented strategies