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§10614 Administration

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXX— - DRUG COURTS › § 10614

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other needed officials. The Attorney General can use parts of the Department of Justice to run the program. The Attorney General can also create rules and guidance needed to carry out the program. Grant applications must include a long-term strategy and a detailed plan that shows coordination with State and local prosecutors, especially if participants don’t follow the rules. Applications must explain why federal help is needed, certify that federal money will add to (not replace) State, Indian tribal, and local funding, identify related government or community efforts, show consultation with affected agencies, certify that participating offenders will be supervised by 1 or more designated judges for the drug court, explain how the program will continue after federal funding ends, and describe how the program will be evaluated.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10614

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(a)The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this subchapter.
(b)The Attorney General may utilize any component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this subchapter.
(c)The Attorney General may issue regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out this subchapter.
(d)In addition to any other requirements that may be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under this subchapter shall—
(1)include a long-term strategy and detailed implementation plan that shall provide for the consultation and coordination with appropriate State and local prosecutors, particularly when program participants fail to comply with program requirements;
(2)explain the applicant’s inability to fund the program adequately without Federal assistance;
(3)certify that the Federal support provided will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;
(4)identify related governmental or community initiatives which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;
(5)certify that there has been appropriate consultation with all affected agencies and that there will be appropriate coordination with all affected agencies in the implementation of the program;
(6)certify that participating offenders will be supervised by 1 or more designated judges with responsibility for the drug court program;
(7)specify plans for obtaining necessary support and continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of Federal support; and
(8)describe the methodology that will be used in evaluating the program.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3797u–3 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10614

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73