Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 605 — Recidivism Prevention
§ 60504. Rule of construction
Statutory text
Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed as creating a right or entitlement to assistance or services for any individual, program, or grant recipient. Each grant made under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall—
be made as competitive grants 1 to eligible entities for a 12-month period, except that grants awarded under section 113 2, section 60521 of this title, section 60531 of this title, and section 60532 2 of this title or under section 10631 of this title may be made for a 24-month period; and
require that services for participants, when necessary and appropriate, be transferred from programs funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, to State and community-based programs not funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, before the expiration of the grant.
Footnotes
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.
Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention
Pub. L. 110–199 § 6 · 122 Stat. 657
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 60504
Pub. L. 110–199, § 6, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 660
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 110–199, § 6, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 660Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed as creating a right or entitlement to assistance or services for any individual, program, or grant recipient. Each grant made under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall— (1) be made as competitive grants to eligible entities for a 12-month period, except that grants awarded under section 113, 201, 211, and 212 may be made for a 24-month period; and (2) require that services for participants, when necessary and appropriate, be transferred from programs funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, to State and community-based programs not funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, before the expiration of the grant.Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–391 title V § 502(h) · 132 Stat. 5194
Inserted · 34 U.S.C. § 60504(1)
Pub. L. 115–391 inserted “or under section 10631 of this title” after “section 60532 of this title”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–391 inserted “or under section 10631 of this title” after “section 60532 of this title”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(h) Extension of the Length of Section 2976 Grants.— Section 6(1) of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60504(1)) is amended by inserting “or under section 2976 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631)” after “and 212”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 110–199, , 122 Stat. 657, known as the Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention and also as the Second Chance Act of 2007. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2008 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
Section 113, referred to in par. (1), means section 113 of Pub. L. 110–199. For complete classification of section 113 of Pub. L. 110–199 to the Code, see Tables.
Section 60532 of this title, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 504(a), , 132 Stat. 5233.
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 17504 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2018—Par. (1). Pub. L. 115–391 inserted “or under section 10631 of this title” after “section 60532 of this title”.
Credits
2008–2018 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 110–199, § 6, , 122 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 502(h), , 132 Stat. 5231.)