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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement

§ 10454. Grant eligibility regarding compelling victim testimony

Statutory text

In order for a prosecutor’s office to be eligible to receive grant funds under this subchapter, the head of the office shall certify, to the State, Indian Tribal government, or territorial government receiving the grant funding, that the office will, during the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the grant is awarded, engage in planning, developing and implementing—

(1)

training developed by experts in the field regarding victim-centered approaches in domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking cases;

(2)

policies that support a victim-centered approach, informed by such training; and

(3)

a protocol outlining alternative practices and procedures for material witness petitions and bench warrants, consistent with best practices, that shall be exhausted before employing material witness petitions and bench warrants to obtain victim-witness testimony in the investigation, prosecution, and trial of a crime related to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking of the victim in order to prevent further victimization and trauma to the victim.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

    Pub. L. 90–351 title I § 2017 · 82 Stat. 197

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 10454

    (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2017, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title I, § 101(a)(3), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 848.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2017, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title I, § 101(a)(3), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 848.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after , see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as a note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Credits

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2017, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title I, § 101(a)(3), , 136 Stat. 848.)

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