Title 34, NavyRelease 119-102
§10612 Prohibition of Participation by Violent Offenders
Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 101 — JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER XXX — DRUG COURTS › § 10612
Summary
Make rules or guidance to keep violent offenders out of programs and grants covered by this part of the law. If the Attorney General finds violent offenders taking part in a funded program, the Attorney General must immediately stop that grant’s funding until the program follows the rules.
Full Legal Text
Title 34, §10612
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The Attorney General shall—
(1)issue regulations or guidelines to ensure that the programs authorized in this subchapter do not permit participation by violent offenders; and
(2)immediately suspend funding for any grant under this subchapter, pending compliance, if the Attorney General finds that violent offenders are participating in any program funded under this subchapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3797u–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Regulations
Pub. L. 110–199, title I, § 103(c), Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 668, provided that: “Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Apr. 9, 2008], the Secretary [probably should be “the Attorney General”] shall revise any
Regulations
or guidelines described in section 2952 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u–1) [now 34 U.S.C. 10612] in accordance with the
Amendments
made by subsection (a) [amending section 10613 of this title]. Such
Regulations
shall specify that grant amounts under part EE of such Act [34 U.S.C. 10611 et seq.] shall be reduced for any drug court that does not adopt the definition of ‘violent offender’ under such part, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, within 3 years after such date of enactment.”
Reference
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Citation
34 U.S.C. § 10612
Title 34, Navy
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102