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2019 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
Chapter 121 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subchapter III - Violence Against Women
Part F - National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction
Sec. 12401 - Grant program

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Citation 34 U.S.C. § 12401 (2019)
Section Name §12401. Grant program
Section Text (a) In general

The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States and units of local government to improve and implement processes for entering data regarding stalking and domestic violence into local, State, and national crime information databases.

(b) Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State or unit of local government shall certify that it has or intends to establish a program that enters into the National Crime Information Center records of—

(1) warrants for the arrest of persons violating protection orders intended to protect victims from stalking or domestic violence;

(2) arrests or convictions of persons violating protection 1 or domestic violence; and

(3) protection orders for the protection of persons from stalking or domestic violence.
Source Credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §40602, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1951; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title I, §1106(b), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1497.)
Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified to section 14031 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

AMENDMENTS

2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–386 inserted "and implement" after "improve".
Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be followed by "orders intended to protect victims from stalking".
Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle I - Comprehensive Acts
CHAPTER 121 - VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
SUBCHAPTER III - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Part F - National Stalker and Domestic Violence Reduction
Sec. 12401 - Grant program
Contains section 12401
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 108 Stat. 1951
114 Stat. 1497
Public Law References Public Law 103-322, Public Law 106-386
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