42 USC 13703: Violent Offender Incarceration Grants
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42 USC 13703: Violent Offender Incarceration Grants Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 42-THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 136-VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENTSUBCHAPTER I-PRISONSPart A-Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants
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§13703. Violent Offender Incarceration Grants

(a) Violent Offender Incarceration Grant program

Fifty percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to carry out this part for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 shall be made available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants. To be eligible to receive such a grant, a State or States must meet the requirements of section 13701(b) of this title.

(b) Allocation of Violent Offender Incarceration funds

(1) Formula allocation

Eighty-five percent of the sum of the amount available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants for any fiscal year under subsection (a) of this section and any amount transferred under section 13702(b)(2) of this title for that fiscal year shall be allocated as follows:

(A) 0.25 percent shall be allocated to each eligible State except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands each shall be allocated 0.05 percent.

(B) The amount remaining after application of subparagraph (A) shall be allocated to each eligible State in the ratio that the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993 bears to the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 1993.

(2) Discretionary allocation

Fifteen percent of the sum of the amount available for Violent Offender Incarceration Grants for any fiscal year under subsection (a) of this section and any amount transferred under paragraph (3) for that fiscal year shall be allocated at the discretion of the Attorney General to States that have demonstrated the greatest need for such grants and the ability to best utilize the funds to meet the objectives of the grant program and ensure that prison cell space is available for the confinement of violent offenders.

(3) Transfer of unused formula funds

On September 30 of each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000, the Attorney General shall transfer to the discretionary program under paragraph (2) any funds made available for allocation under paragraph (1) that are not allocated to an eligible State under paragraph (1).

( Pub. L. 103–322, title II, §20103, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1817 .)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 13702, 14214 of this title.