34 U.S.C. § 12146 — Definitions
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 131 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines three terms for this part. A 'chief local elected official' is designated under Attorney General rules for accountability. A 'chronic high intensity crime area' has both high violent crime and high poverty, and 'State' includes DC and several US territories.
"Chief local elected official" means an official designated under regulations the Attorney General issues; those regulations must ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in spending funds and running funded projects under this part.
"Chronic high intensity crime area" means an area meeting criteria the Attorney General adopts by regulation that, at minimum, define areas with consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, and chronically high poverty rates as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
"State" means a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
In this part—
“chief local elected official” means an official designated under regulations issued by the Attorney General. The criteria used by the Attorney General in promulgating such regulations shall ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in the expenditure of funds and execution of funded projects under this part.
“chronic high intensity crime area” means an area meeting criteria adopted by the Attorney General by regulation that, at a minimum, define areas with—
(A) consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s “Uniform Crime Reports”, and
(B) chronically high rates of poverty as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
“State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30306, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1846.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 1846
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-322 on 1994-09-13.
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