§ 20107. Crime victims legal assistance grants

Statutory text

In general

The Director may make grants as provided in section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title to State, tribal, and local prosecutors’ offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public and private entities, to develop, establish, and maintain programs for the enforcement of crime victims’ rights as provided in law.

Prohibition

Grant amounts under this section may not be used to bring a cause of action for damages.

False Claims Act

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.

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.

2004
Pub. L. 98–473 title II § 1404D · 98 Stat. 1837
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 20107
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404D, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2264.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404D, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2264.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10603d of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404D, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2264.)