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§10361 Grant authorization

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XV— - CRIMINAL CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › § 10361

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance can give grants to states and local agencies to help create, put into action, and enforce criminal interstate child support laws and to coordinate enforcement across places. The grant money must be used for five things: a full review of current enforcement and its gaps; planning and carrying out long-term strategies; agreeing on state enforcement priorities; making a plan to carry out those priorities; and coordinating enforcement.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10361

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(a)The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may make grants under this subchapter to States, for the use by States, and local entities in the States to develop, implement, and enforce criminal interstate child support legislation and coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.
(b)Funds distributed under this subchapter shall be used to—
(1)develop a comprehensive assessment of existing criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts, including the identification of gaps in, and barriers to, the enforcement of such efforts;
(2)plan and implement comprehensive long-range strategies for criminal interstate child support enforcement;
(3)reach an agreement within the State regarding the priorities of such State in the enforcement of criminal interstate child support legislation;
(4)develop a plan to implement such priorities; and
(5)coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796cc of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Another section 1601 of Pub. L. 90–351, title XI, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 239, is set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1601 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 2601 and is classified to section 10541 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10361

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73