34 U.S.C. § 41508: Grants to States for threat…

Summary

The Attorney General, using the Office of Justice Programs, must give grants to the highest court in each State that joins the program. The money is for creating and keeping a threat assessment database. A threat assessment database is a system that finds patterns in domestic terrorism and crime, estimates how likely specific acts are to happen, and helps plan steps to lower those chances. The Attorney General must set a core list of data fields so the databases can share information with other States and the Department of Justice. There is $15,000,000 authorized for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.

Title 34, §41508

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(a)In general

The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall make grants under this section to the highest State courts in States participating in the program, for the purpose of enabling such courts to establish and maintain a threat assessment database described in subsection (b).

(b)Database

For purposes of subsection (a), a threat assessment database is a database through which a State can—

(1)analyze trends and patterns in domestic terrorism and crime;

(2)project the probabilities that specific acts of domestic terrorism or crime will occur; and

(3)develop measures and procedures that can effectively reduce the probabilities that those acts will occur.

(c)Core elements

The Attorney General shall define a core set of data elements to be used by each database funded by this section so that the information in the database can be effectively shared with other States and with the Department of Justice.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3714a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§41508 Grants to States for Threat Assessment Databases

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Title 34, §41508

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