34 U.S.C. § 40302 — Funding for improvement of criminal records
submitted 33 years ago by Pub. L. 103-159 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 166 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General must give states grants to build or improve computerized criminal record systems. States with the least up-to-date records that focus on felony and domestic violence data get priority. Congress can spend $200,000,000 a year on these grants starting in 1994.
(1) Grants for the improvement of criminal records. Subject to Congress providing money, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Statistics, must give each state a grant — giving preference to states that, as of March 23, 2018, had the fewest up-to-date case outcomes in their computerized criminal history files, and that will use the money mainly to identify and send in felony conviction and domestic violence records. States can use these grants (A) to build or improve a computerized criminal history system; (B) to improve access to the national instant gun background-check system; (C) to help send criminal records to the national system; and (D) to meet an implementation plan under section 40917.
(2) Authorization of appropriations. Congress can spend a total of $200,000,000 for grants under this section for fiscal year 1994 and every year after.
The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall, subject to appropriations and with preference to States that, as of March 23, 2018, have the lowest percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files and that will utilize funding under this subsection to prioritize the identification and transmittal of felony conviction records and domestic violence records, make a grant to each State to be used—
for the creation of a computerized criminal history record system or improvement of an existing system;
to improve accessibility to the national instant criminal background system;
to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records to the national system; and
to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under section 40917 of this title.
There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under paragraph (1) a total of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and all fiscal years thereafter.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–159, title I, § 106(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210603(b), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2074; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 603(i)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3504; Pub. L. 115–141, div. S, title VI, § 604(b), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1136.)
- 1993Enacted · Pub. L. 103-159 · 107 Stat. 1544
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2074
- 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3504
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-141 · 132 Stat. 1136
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-159 on 1993-11-30.
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