; it punishes non-payment by taking away a person’s means for making a living. License suspension programs are also expensive for States to run and they distract law enforcement efforts from priorities related to public safety. License suspensions may also be unconstitutional if the license was suspended before the judge determined the defendant had the ability to pay the criminal justice debt. . 3. Grants for driver’s licenses reinstatement programs Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 501(a) ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(a) ), by adding at the end the following: (3) Grants for driver’s license reinstatement programs (A) In general In addition to grants made under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may make grants to States described in subparagraph (B) to cover costs incurred by the State to reinstate or renew driver’s licenses or motor vehicle registrations previously suspended, revoked, or failed to be renewed for unpaid civil or criminal fines or fees. (B) States described A State described in this subparagraph is a State that— (i) does not have in effect any State or local law that permits— (I) the suspension or revocation of, or refusal to renew, a driver’s license of an individual based on the individual’s failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee; or (II) the refusal to renew the registration of a motor vehicle based on the owner’s failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee