1. U.S. Code
  2. title 34
  3. subtitle 2
  4. chapter 121
  5. subchapter II
  6. part B
  7. § 12141

Collapse to view only § 12141. Grant authorization

§ 12141. Grant authorization
(a) Establishment
(1) In general
The Attorney General may award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that—
(A) involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources, including nonprofit community organizations, law enforcement organizations, and appropriate State and Federal agencies, including the State educational agencies;
(B) attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and
(C) provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime.
(2) Consultation with the Ounce of Prevention Council
(b) Priority
In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals that—
(1) are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a specific area;
(2) vary in approach to ensure that comparisons of different models may be made; and
(3) coordinate crime prevention programs funded under this program with other existing Federal programs to address the overall needs of communities that benefit from grants received under this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1844.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12141

§ 12142. Uses of funds
(a) In general
(b) Guidelines
(c) Equitable distribution of funds
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30302, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1845.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12142

§ 12143. Program requirements
(a) Description
(b) Comprehensive plan
(c) Evaluation
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30303, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1845.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12143

§ 12144. Applications
To request a grant under this part the chief local elected official of an area shall—
(1) prepare and submit to the Attorney General an application in such form, at such time, and in accordance with such procedures, as the Attorney General shall establish; and
(2) provide an assurance that funds received under this part shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for programs funded under this part.
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30304, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1845.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12144

§ 12145. Reports

Not later than December 31, 1998, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House and Senate an evaluation of the model programs developed under this part and make recommendations regarding the implementation of a national crime prevention program.

(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30305, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1846.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12145

§ 12146. Definitions

In this part—

“chief local elected official” means an official designated under regulations issued by the Attorney General. The criteria used by the Attorney General in promulgating such regulations shall ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in the expenditure of funds and execution of funded projects under this part.

“chronic high intensity crime area” means an area meeting criteria adopted by the Attorney General by regulation that, at a minimum, define areas with—

(A) consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Uniform Crime Reports”, and

(B) chronically high rates of poverty as determined by the Bureau of the Census.

“State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30306, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1846.)

CITE AS: 34 USC 12146