34 U.S.C. § 41508 — Grants to States for threat assessment databases
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-177 to r/title-34-CRIME-CONTROL-AND-LAW-ENFORCEMENT · 176 words · no verdicts yet
The Attorney General must give grants to state supreme courts to build and run threat assessment databases. These databases help states study crime and domestic terrorism trends, predict future incidents, and plan ways to prevent them. Congress authorized $15,000,000 a year from 2008 through 2011 for this program.
(a) The grant program. Through the Office of Justice Programs, the Attorney General must give grants to the highest courts of states taking part in this program, so they can build and run a threat assessment database as described in subsection (b).
(b) What the database does. A threat assessment database lets a state (1) study trends and patterns in domestic terrorism and crime, (2) estimate the odds that specific acts of domestic terrorism or crime will happen, and (3) develop steps and procedures that can effectively lower those odds.
(c) Shared data format. The Attorney General must define a core set of data elements every funded database must use, so information can be effectively shared with other states and with the Justice Department.
(d) Funding. Congress authorized $15,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2008 through 2011.
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).
For purposes of subsection (a), a threat assessment database is a database through which a State can—
analyze trends and patterns in domestic terrorism and crime;
project the probabilities that specific acts of domestic terrorism or crime will occur; and
develop measures and procedures that can effectively reduce the probabilities that those acts will occur.
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.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 303, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2540.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-177 · 121 Stat. 2540
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