2020 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle VI - Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters
Chapter 605 - Recidivism Prevention
Sec. 60504 - Rule of construction

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Citation 34 U.S.C. § 60504 (2020)
Section Name §60504. Rule of construction
Section 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—

(1) 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

(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.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 110–199, §6, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 115–391, title V, §502(h), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5231.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 110–199, Apr. 9, 2008, 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 (1), was repealed by Pub.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), Dec. 21, 2018, 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".

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be "as a competitive grant".

2 See References in Text note below.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 VI - Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters
CHAPTER 605 - RECIDIVISM PREVENTION
Sec. 60504 - Rule of construction
Contains section 60504
Date 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 122 Stat. 660, 657
132 Stat. 5231, 5233
Public Law References Public Law 110-199, Public Law 115-391
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