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§ 12523. Violent crime and drug emergency areas
(a) Definitions
(b) Declaration of violent crime and drug emergency areas
(c) Procedure
(1) In general
(2) Finding
(d) Irrelevancy of population density
(e) Requirements
As part of a request for a declaration under this section, and as a prerequisite to Federal violent crime or drug emergency assistance under this section, the chief executive officer of a State or local government shall—
(1) take appropriate action under State or local law and furnish information on the nature and amount of State and local resources that have been or will be committed to alleviating the major violent crime- or drug-related emergency;
(2) submit a detailed plan outlining that government’s short- and long-term plans to respond to the violent crime or drug emergency, specifying the types and levels of Federal assistance requested and including explicit goals (including quantitative goals) and timetables; and
(3) specify how Federal assistance provided under this section is intended to achieve those goals.
(f) Review period
(g) Federal assistance
The President may—
(1) direct any Federal agency, with or without reimbursement, to utilize its authorities and the resources granted to it under Federal law (including personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, financial assistance, and managerial, technical, and advisory services) in support of State and local assistance efforts; and
(2) provide technical and advisory assistance, including communications support and law enforcement-related intelligence information.
(h) Duration of Federal assistance
(1) In general
(2) Extension
(i) Regulations
(j) No effect on existing authority
(Pub. L. 103–322, title IX, § 90107, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1988.)