34 U.S.C. § 40302 | Funding for improvement of criminal records

(1)

Grants for the improvement of criminal records

March 23, 2018The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall, subject to appropriations and with preference to States that, as of , 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—

(A)

for the creation of a computerized criminal history record system or improvement of an existing system;

(B)

to improve accessibility to the national instant criminal background system;

(C)

to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records to the national system; and

(D)

section 40917 of this title to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under .

(2)

Authorization of appropriations

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.

Pub. L. 103–159, title I, § 106(b)Nov. 30, 1993107 Stat. 1544 Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210603(b)Sept. 13, 1994108 Stat. 2074 Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 603(i)(1)Oct. 11, 1996110 Stat. 3504 Pub. L. 115–141, div. S, title VI, § 604(b)Mar. 23, 2018132 Stat. 1136(, , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 106 of Pub. L. 103–159 section 106 of Pub. L. 103–159 section 3759 of Title 42Section is comprised of subsec. (b) of . Subsec. (a) of amended former , The Public Health and Welfare.

Section was enacted as part of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and not as part of the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 which comprises this subchapter.

section 922 of Title 18Section was formerly classified as a note under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–141, § 604(b)(1)March 23, 2018November 30, 19932018—Par. (1). , in introductory provisions, substituted “, as of ,” for “as of ,” and “files and that will utilize funding under this subsection to prioritize the identification and transmittal of felony conviction records and domestic violence records,” for “files,”.

Pub. L. 115–141, § 604(b)(3)(A)Par. (1)(C). , struck out “upon establishment of the national system,” before “to assist the State”.

Pub. L. 115–141, § 604(b)(2)Par. (1)(D). , (3)(B), (4), added subpar. (D).

Pub. L. 104–294, § 603(i)(1)Pub. L. 103–322, § 210603(b)1996—Par. (2). , amended directory language of . See 1994 Amendment note below.

Pub. L. 103–322, § 210603(b)Pub. L. 104–294, § 603(i)(1)section 1115 of title 311994—Par. (2). , as amended by , struck out “, which may be appropriated from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund established by , United States Code,” after “grants under paragraph (1)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 603(i)(2)Oct. 11, 1996110 Stat. 3504

section 210603(b) of Pub. L. 103–322 section 40901 of this title Pub. L. 103–322Sept. 13, 1994“The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending , which amended this section and ] shall take effect as if the amendment had been included in section 210603(b) of the Act referred to in paragraph (1) [] on the date of the enactment of such Act [].”

, , , provided that: