§20983 — Title 34 Navy | U.S. Code

Summary

The Bureau of Justice Assistance can give grants to law enforcement to fight the sexual abuse of children; agencies in areas with 50,000 or more people qualify, and smaller agencies can qualify if they show they need the help. Grants can pay to hire or train staff for outreach, investigations, enforcing sex‑offender rules, and managing released offenders; to investigate online child sexual abuse; and to buy computers, software, and database access to track offenders and run sex‑offender registries. The Attorney General must give priority to agencies that show need, and money was allowed as needed for fiscal years 2007 through 2009.

Title 34, §20983

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(a)The Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants under this section—

(1)to any law enforcement agency that serves a jurisdiction with 50,000 or more residents; and

(2)to any law enforcement agency that serves a jurisdiction with fewer than 50,000 residents, upon a showing of need.

(b)Grants under this section may be used by the law enforcement agency to—

(1)hire additional law enforcement personnel or train existing staff to combat the sexual abuse of children through community education and outreach, investigation of complaints, enforcement of laws relating to sex offender registries, and management of released sex offenders;

(2)investigate the use of the Internet to facilitate the sexual abuse of children; and

(3)purchase computer hardware and software necessary to investigate sexual abuse of children over the Internet, access local, State, and Federal databases needed to apprehend sex offenders, and facilitate the creation and enforcement of sex offender registries.

(c)The Attorney General shall give priority to law enforcement agencies making a showing of need.

(d)There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 through 2009 to carry out this section.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 16983 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§20983 Grants to combat sexual abuse of children

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Title 34, §20983

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