§ 12141. Grant authorization

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. 1994

   Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

   Pub. L. 103–322 title III § 30301 · 108 Stat. 1796

   Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12141

   (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1844.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1844.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 30301. GRANT AUTHORIZATION. (a) Establishment.— (1) In general.— The Attorney General may award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that— (A) involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources, including nonprofit community organizations, law enforcement organizations, and appropriate State and Federal agencies, including the State educational agencies; (B) attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and (C) provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime. (2) Consultation with the ounce of prevention council.— The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention Council in awarding grants under paragraph (1). (b) Priority.— In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals that— (1) are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a specific area; (2) vary in approach to ensure that comparisons of different models may be made; and (3) coordinate crime prevention programs funded under this program with other existing Federal programs to address the overall needs of communities that benefit from grants received under this title.

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