§3750c. Award of grants

(a) In general

The Director shall allocate to each State a proportion of the total funds available under sections 3750a to 3750d of this title that is equal to the proportion of the number of motor vehicles registered in such State to the total number of motor vehicles registered in the United States. The Director shall ensure that all applicant States have an opportunity to receive grants from an available appropriation. Any State that has not met the requirements described in section 30503 of title 49 shall be excluded from any allocation under this subsection.

(b) Grant amounts

If one Anti Car Theft Committee within a State submits an application in compliance with section 3750b of this title, the Director shall award to such Anti Car Theft Committee a grant equal to the total amount of funds allocated to such State under this section. In no case shall the Anti Car Theft Committee receive a grant that is more than 50 percent of the preaward budget for such Anti Car Theft Committee.

(c) Multiple committees

If two or more Anti Car Theft Committees within a State submit applications in compliance with section 3750b of this title, the Director shall award to such Anti Car Theft Committees grants that in sum are equal to the total amount of funds allocated to such State under this section. In no case shall an Anti Car Theft Committee receive a grant that is more than 50 percent of the preaward budget for such Anti Car Theft Committee. The Director shall allocate funds among two or more Anti Car Theft Committees with ¹ a State according to the proportion of the preaward budget of each Anti Car Theft Committee to the total preaward budget for all grant recipient Anti Car Theft Committees within such State.

(d) Renewal of grants

Subject to the availability of funds, a grant under sections 3750a to 3750d of this title may be renewed for up to 2 additional years after the first fiscal year during which the recipient receives an initial grant under this section and sections 3750a, 3750b, and 3750d of this title if the Director determines that the funds made available to the recipient during the previous year were used in the manner required under the approved application.

( Pub. L. 102–519, title I, §132, Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3387 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, and not as part of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.

In subsection (a), "section 30503 of title 49" substituted for "section 203 of this Act", meaning section 203 of Pub. L. 102–519, on authority of Pub. L. 103–272, §6(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1378 , the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of Title 49, Transportation.

Transfer of Functions

Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 3742(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, §108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 3741 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 3750a, 3750b, 3750d of this title.

¹ So in original. Probably should be "within".