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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Part D · Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

§ 12371. Grants authorized

Statutory text

The State Justice Institute may award grants for the purpose of developing, testing, presenting, and disseminating model programs to be used by States (as defined in section 10701 of title 42) in training judges and court personnel in the laws of the States and by Indian tribes in training tribal judges and court personnel in the laws of the tribes on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by the victim’s gender. Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.

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. Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–322 title IV § 40411 · 108 Stat. 1796

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12371

    Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40411, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1942

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40411, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1942

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 40411. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. The State Justice Institute may award grants for the purpose of developing, testing, presenting, and disseminating model programs to be used by States (as defined in section 202 of the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701)) in training judges and court personnel in the laws of the States and by Indian tribes in training tribal judges and court personnel in the laws of the tribes on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by the victim’s gender.

  2. Violence Against Women Act of 2000

    Pub. L. 106–386 div. B title IV § 1406(c)(2) · 114 Stat. 1464

    Inserted · 34 U.S.C. § 12371

    Pub. L. 106–386 inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,” and “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.” at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–386 inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,” and “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.” at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Participation of tribal courts in state training and education programs.— Section 40411 of the Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13991) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States,”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 13991 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–386 inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,” and “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.” at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

For short title of subtitle D of title IV of Pub. L. 103–322, which is classified to this part, as the “Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994”, see section 40401 of Pub. L. 103–322, set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under section 10101 of this title.

Credits

1994–2000 · 2 acts
  1. 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40411, , 108 Stat. 1942
  2. 2000Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title IV, § 1406(c)(2), (d)(1), , 114 Stat. 1516.
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(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40411, , 108 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title IV, § 1406(c)(2), (d)(1), , 114 Stat. 1516.)

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