§ 10403. Authorization of appropriations

Footnotes

1. 1 So in original. There is no par. (3) of section 10408(d) of this title.
2. 2 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a period.

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. 2010

   Child Abuse Amendments of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–457 title III § 303 · 98 Stat. 1749

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 10403

   Pub. L. 98–457, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 111–320, title II, § 201, Dec. 20, 2010, 124 Stat. 3486

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–457, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 111–320, title II, § 201, Dec. 20, 2010, 124 Stat. 3486

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 303. state demonstration grants authorized (a) (1) In order to assist in supporting the establishment, 42 USC 10402. maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to prevent incidents of family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this title, to make demonstration grants to States. (2) No demonstration grant may be made under this subsection unless the chief executive officer of the State seeking such grant submits an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall— (A) provide that funds provided under this subsection will be distributed in demonstration grants to local public agencies and nonprofit private organizations (including religious and charitable organizations, and voluntary associations) for programs and projects within such State to prevent incidents of family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents in order to prevent future violent incidents; (B) provide, with respect to funds provided to a State under this subsection for any fiscal year, that— (i) not more than 5 percent of such funds will be used for State administrative costs; and (ii) in the distribution of funds by the State under this subsection, the State will give special emphasis to the support of community-based projects of demonstrated effectiveness carried out by nonprofit private organizations, par-ticularly those projects the primary purpose of which is to operate shelters for victims of family violence and their dependents, and those which provide counseling, alcohol and drug abuse treatment, and self-help services to abusers and victims; (C) set forth procedures designed to involve knowledgeable individuals and interested organizations and assure an equitable distribution of grants and grant funds within the State and between urban and rural areas within such State; (D) specify the State agency to be designated as responsible for the administration of programs and activities relating to family violence which are carried out by the State under this title and for coordination of related programs within the State; (E) provide assurances that procedures will be developed to assure the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment services by any program assisted under this title and provide assurances that the address or location of any shelter-facility assisted under this title will, except with written authorization of the person or persons responsible for the operation of such shelter, not be made public; (F) provide assurances that, within one year after receipt of funds under this subsection, the State will, provide assurances to the Secretary that the State has or has under consideration a procedure for the eviction of an 'abusing spouse from a shared residence; and (G) meet such requirements as the Secretary reasonably determines are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this title. (3) The Secretary shall approve any application that meets the requirements of this subsection, and the Secretary shall not disapprove any such application except after reasonable notice of the Secretary’s intention to disapprove and after opportunity for correction of any deficiencies. (b) (1) The Secretary is authorized to make demonstration grants to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for projects designed to prevent family violence and to provide immediate shelter and related assistance for victims of family violence and their dependents. (2) No demonstration grant may be made under this subsection unless an application is made to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary deems essential to carry out the purposes and provisions of this title. Such application shall comply, as applicable, with the provisions of clauses (C) (with respect only to involving knowledgeable individuals and organizations), (D), and (E) of subsection (a)(2). (c) No demonstration grant may be made under this section in any fiscal year to any single entity (other than to a State) for an amount in excess of $50,000, and the total amount of such grants to any such single entity may not exceed $150,000. A single entity may not be awarded demonstration grants under this section for a total period in excess of three fiscal years. (d) No funds provided through demonstration grants made under this section may be used as direct payment to any victim of family violence or to any dependent of such victim. (e) No income eligibility standard may be imposed upon individuals with respect to eligibility for assistance or services supported with funds appropriated to carry out this title. (f) No demonstration grant may be made under this section to any entity other than a State unless the entity provides for the following local share as a proportion of the total amount of funds provided under this title to the project involved: 35 percent in the first year such project receives a grant under this title, 55 percent in the second such year, and 65 percent in the third such year. Except in the case of a public entity, not less than 50 percent of the local share of such agency or organization shall be raised from private sources. The local share required under this subsection may be in cash or in-kind. The local share may not include any Federal funds provided under any authority other than this title. (g) The Secretary shall assure that not less than 60 percent of the funds distributed under subsection (a) or (bl shall be distributed to entities for the purpose of providing immediate shelter and related assistance to victims of family violence and their dependents.

2. 2021

   American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

   Pub. L. 117–2 title II § 2204(a) · 135 Stat. 4

   Added · 42 U.S.C. § 10403(d)

   Pub. L. 117–2 added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–2 added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) In General.— Section 303 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(d) Additional Funding.— For the purposes of carrying out this title, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, there are appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each of the following: “(1) $180,000,000 to carry out sections 301 through 312, to be allocated in the manner described in subsection (a)(2), except that— “(A) a reference in subsection (a)(2) to an amount appropriated under subsection (a)(1) shall be considered to be a reference to an amount appropriated under this paragraph; “(B) the matching requirement in section 306(c)(4) and condition in section 308(d)(3) shall not apply; and “(C) each reference in section 305(e) to ‘the end of the following fiscal year’ shall be considered to be a reference to ‘the end of fiscal year 2025’; and “(D) funds made available to a State in a grant under section 306(a) and obligated in a timely manner shall be available for expenditure, by the State or a recipient of funds from the grant, through the end of fiscal year 2025; “(2) $18,000,000 to carry out section 309. “(3) $2,000,000 to carry out section 313, of which $1,000,000 shall be allocated to support Indian communities.” .

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