Section was formerly classified to section 3797l of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

2016—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 114–324, § 9(a)(2)(A), substituted “Eighty-five percent” for “Seventy-five percent” and “85 percent” for “75 percent”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 114–324, § 9(a)(2)(B), substituted “Fifteen percent” for “Twenty-five percent”.

Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 114–324, § 9(a)(2)(C), substituted “1 percent” for “0.6 percent”.

2002—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 107–273 substituted “for competitive awards to States and units of local government. In making awards under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall consider the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by each State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent calendar years for which data is available and consider the existing resources and current needs of the potential grant recipient” for “to States with above average rates of part 1 violent crimes based on the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent calendar years for which such data is available”.