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§20108 Crime Victims Notification Grants

Title 34 › Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons › CHAPTER 201 — VICTIM RIGHTS, COMPENSATION, AND ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — CRIME VICTIMS FUND › § 20108

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can give grants to state, tribal, and local prosecutors, law enforcement, courts, jails, prisons, and qualified public or private groups to build and run modern systems that notify crime victims about important dates and updates in their criminal cases. To get a grant, the area must have laws that are mostly the same as chapter 237 of title 18. These systems can connect with the grantee’s current case-management software. Congress authorized $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 for this purpose. Money recovered under the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729–3731) may also be used for these grants if appropriated.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §20108

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(a)In general
The Director may make grants as provided in section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title to State, tribal, and local prosecutors’ offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement state-of-the-art systems for notifying victims of crime of important dates and developments relating to the criminal proceedings at issue in a timely and efficient manner, provided that the jurisdiction has laws substantially equivalent to the provisions of chapter 237 of title 18.
(b)Integration of systems
Systems developed and implemented under this section may be integrated with existing case management systems operated by the recipient of the grant.
(c)Authorization of appropriations
In addition to funds made available under section 20101(d) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— (1)
(2)$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
(d)False Claims Act
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 10603e 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. § 20108

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110