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Title 34
Title 34
JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
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Establishment of Office of Justice Programs
Duties and functions of Assistant Attorney General
Office of Weed and Seed Strategies
Weed and Seed strategies
Inclusion of Indian tribes
Community Capacity Development Office
Division of Applied Law Enforcement Technology
Availability of funds
Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management
Office of Justice Programs grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts
Consolidation of financial management systems of Office of Justice Programs
Senior Policy Advisor on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice Programs
Statement of purpose
National Institute of Justice
Authority for 100 per centum grants
Statement of purpose
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Authority for 100 per centum grants
Use of data
Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance
Duties and functions of Director
Name of program
Description
Applications
Review of applications
Rules
Formula
Reserved funds
Interest-bearing trust funds
Law enforcement training programs
Evaluation
General provisions
Reports
Training and manpower development
Rules, regulations, and procedures; consultations and establishment
Notice and hearing on denial or termination of grant
Finality of determinations
Delegation of functions
Subpoena power; employment of hearing officers; authority to hold hearings
Personnel and administrative authority
Title to personal property
Prohibition of Federal control over State and local criminal justice agencies; prohibition of discrimination
Report to President and Congress
Other administrative provisions
Confidentiality of information
Administration of juvenile delinquency programs
Prohibition on land acquisition
Prohibition on use of Central Intelligence Agency services
Indian liability waiver
District of Columbia matching fund source
Limitation on civil justice matters
Accountability and oversight
General provisions
Authorization of appropriations
State and local governments to consider courts
Oversight and accountability
Misuse of Federal assistance
Falsification or concealment of facts
Conspiracy to commit offense against United States
Payment of death benefits
Limitations on benefits
National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty
Definitions
Administrative provisions
Expedited payment for public safety officers involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack
Funds available for appeals and expenses of representation of hearing examiners
Due diligence in paying benefit claims
Purposes
Basic eligibility
Applications; approval
Regulations
Discontinuation for unsatisfactory conduct or progress
Special rule
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Regional information sharing systems grants
Function of Director
Description of grant program
Applications to receive grants
Review of applications
Reports
Expenditure of grants; records
Definitions
Rural drug enforcement assistance
Other requirements
Grant authorization
State applications
Review of State applications
Local applications
Distribution of funds
Evaluation
“Local entity” defined
Authority to make public safety and community policing grants
Applications
Renewal of grants
Limitation on use of funds
Performance evaluation
Revocation or suspension of funding
Access to documents
General regulatory authority
Definitions
Program authorized
Tribal grant program authorized
Grant eligibility
Allocation and distribution of funds
Guidelines
Payment requirements
Utilization of private sector
Administrative provisions
Assessment reports
Definitions
Grant authorization
State applications
Review of State applications
Allocation and distribution of funds
Evaluation
National training center for prison drug rehabilitation program personnel
Purpose of program and grants
Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women
Director of Office on Violence Against Women
Duties and functions of Director of Office on Violence Against Women
Staff of Office on Violence Against Women
State grants
Definitions and grant conditions
General terms and conditions
Rape exam payments
Costs for criminal charges and protection orders
Polygraph testing prohibition
Grants to Indian tribal governments
Tribal Deputy
Grant eligibility regarding compelling victim testimony
Senior Policy Advisor for Culturally Specific Communities
Grants
Applications
Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot programs
Reports
Regulations or guidelines
Definitions and grant conditions
Grant authority
Definitions
Administration
Applications
Federal share
Geographic distribution
Report
Technical assistance, training, and evaluation
Mental health responses in the judicial system
Duties
General authorization
Uses of funds
Applications
Award of grants; limitation
Discretionary research grants
Reports
Definitions
Grant authorization
Applications
Application requirements
Administrative provisions
Restrictions on use of funds
Reports
Expenditure records
Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program
Program authorized
Applications
Definitions
James Guelff and Chris McCurley Body Armor Act of 2002
Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings
Program authorized
Applications
Annual report to Congress; grant accountability
Definitions
Authorization of appropriations
Rules of construction
Grant authorization
Applications
Allocation
Use of grants
Administrative provisions
Reports
Grants authorized
Use of grant funds
Program requirements
Applications
Reports
Authorization of appropriations
Definitions
Grant authority
Prohibition of participation by violent offenders
Definition
Administration
Applications
Federal share
Distribution and allocation
Report
Technical assistance, training, and evaluation
Adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration projects
State reentry project evaluation
Grant authority
Use of funds
Statewide strategic prevention plan
Requirements
Adult and juvenile collaboration programs
Veteran Treatment Court Program
National criminal justice and mental health training and technical assistance
Creation of a TBI and PTSD training for first responders
Authority to make grants to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots
Funding
Grants for programs for drug-endangered children
Authority to award competitive grants to address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders
Grant authorization
Sex offender apprehension grants
Juvenile sex offender treatment grants
Description
Applications
Review of applications
Equitable distribution of funds
Definitions
Grant accountability
Evaluation of performance of Department of Justice programs
Establishment of grant program
Purposes
Authorized programs
Application
Eligibility
Rules and regulations
Grant program to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities
Grant authorization
Applications
Review of applications
Evaluation
Authorization of funding