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CHAPTER 121⁠—VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
12101.Definitions.
12102.Authorization of grants.
12103.Violent offender incarceration grants.
12104.Truth-in-sentencing incentive grants.
12105.Special rules.
12106.Formula for grants.
12107.Accountability.
12108.Authorization of appropriations.
12109.Payments for incarceration on tribal lands.
12110.Payments to eligible States for incarceration of criminal aliens.
12111.Support of Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions.
12112.Report by Attorney General.
12113.Aimee’s Law.
12121.Task force on prison construction standardization and techniques.
12122.Efficiency in law enforcement and corrections.
12123.Conversion of closed military installations into Federal prison facilities.
12124.Correctional job training and placement.
12131.Ounce of Prevention Council.
12132.Ounce of prevention grant program.
12133.“Indian tribe” defined.
12141.Grant authorization.
12142.Uses of funds.
12143.Program requirements.
12144.Applications.
12145.Reports.
12146.Definitions.
12161.Community schools youth services and supervision grant program.
12171.Grant authority.
12181.Purpose.
12182.Provision of assistance.
12183.Approval of applications.
12184.Availability of lines of credit and use.
12185.Limitations on use of funds.
12186.Program priority for special emphasis programs.
12201.Community development corporation improvement grants.
12202.Emerging community development corporation revolving loan funds.
12211.Definitions.
12212.Prohibition.
12221.Grant authorization.
12222.Use of funds.
12223.Applications.
12224.Allocation of funds; limitations on grants.
12225.Award of grants.
12226.Reports.
12227.Definitions.
12241.Purpose.
12242.Definitions.
12251.Authority to make grants.
12252.Eligibility to receive grants.
12253.Report.
12261.Authority of the Attorney General.
12262.Requirements.
12271.Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis in correctional institutions.
12281.Gang Resistance Education and Training projects.
12291.Definitions and grant provisions.
12301.Grants for capital improvements to prevent crime in public transportation.
12311.Training programs.
12312.Confidentiality of communications between sexual assault or domestic violence victims and their counselors.
12313.Information programs.
12321.Confidentiality of abused person’s address.
12331.Research agenda.
12332.State databases.
12333.Number and cost of injuries.
12341.Rural domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and child abuse enforcement assistance.
12351.Transitional housing assistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
12361.Civil rights.
12371.Grants authorized.
12372.Training provided by grants.
12373.Cooperation in developing programs in making grants under this subchapter.
12381.Authorization of circuit studies; education and training grants.
12391.Payment of cost of testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
12392.Enforcement of statutory rape laws.
12401.Grant program.
12402.Authorization of appropriations.
12403.Application requirements.
12404.Disbursement.
12405.Technical assistance, training, and evaluations.
12406.Training programs for judges.
12407.Recommendations on intrastate communication.
12408.Inclusion in National Incident-Based Reporting System.
12409.Report to Congress.
12410.Definitions.
12421.Training and services to end abuse in later life.
12431.Task force.
12441.Grants to protect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
12442.Purpose areas.
12443.Eligible entities.
12444.Grant conditions.
12451.Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education for children and youth (“CHOOSE Children & Youth”).
12461.Findings.
12462.Purpose.
12463.Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention (SMART Prevention).
12464.Grants to support families in the justice system.
12471.Findings.
12472.Purpose.
12473.Definitions.
12474.Collaborative grants to increase the long-term stability of victims.
12475.Grants to combat violence against women in public and assisted housing.
12491.Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
12492.Compliance reviews.
12493.Department of Housing and Urban Development Gender-based Violence Prevention Office and Violence Against Women Act Director.
12494.Prohibition on retaliation.
12495.Right to report crime and emergencies from one’s home.
12496.Training and technical assistance grants.
12501.Grant for national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence.
12511.Sexual assault services program.
12512.Working Group.
12513.Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training for law enforcement.
12514.Pilot program on restorative practices.
12521.Increased penalties for drug-dealing in “drug-free” zones.
12522.Enhanced penalties for illegal drug use in Federal prisons and for smuggling drugs into Federal prisons.
12523.Violent crime and drug emergency areas.
12531.Juvenile anti-drug and anti-gang grants in federally assisted low-income housing.
12532.Gang investigation coordination and information collection.
12541.Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces.
12542.Rural drug enforcement training.
12551.Purposes.
12552.Definitions.
12553.Establishment of Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education.
12554.Designation of lead agency and submission of State plan.
12555.Scholarship assistance.
12556.Selection of participants.
12557.Police Corps training.
12558.Service obligation.
12559.State plan requirements.
12571.Definitions.
12572.Allotment.
12573.Establishment of program.
12574.Scholarships.
12575.Eligibility.
12576.State application.
12577.Local application.
12578.Scholarship agreement.
12591.Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards.
12592.Index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA identification information.
12593.Federal Bureau of Investigation.
12601.Cause of action.
12602.Data on use of excessive force.
12611.Motor vehicle theft prevention program.
12621.Missing Americans Alert Program.
12622.Annual report.
12623.Standards and best practices for use of non-invasive and non-permanent tracking devices.
12631.Creation of Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund.
12632.Extension of authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years for which full amount authorized is not appropriated.
12633.Flexibility in making of appropriations.
12641.Task force relating to introduction of nonindigenous species.
12642.Coordination of substance abuse treatment and prevention programs.
12643.Edward Byrne Memorial Formula Grant Program.