PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance can give grants to states and to local agencies in those states. The money is to help create, run, and enforce criminal laws about child support that cross state lines and to improve how enforcement is coordinated. Grant funds must be used to assess current interstate criminal child support work and find gaps, plan and carry out long-term enforcement strategies, reach agreement inside the state on enforcement priorities and make a plan to put those priorities into action, and to coordinate enforcement efforts.

Title 34, §10361

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(a)In general

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)Uses of funds

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.

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.

§10361 Grant Authorization