US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

34 U.S.C. § 60504

Rule of construction

Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed as creating a right or entitlement to assistance or services for any individual, program, or grant recipient. Each grant made under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall—
(1)
1
1 So in original. Probably should be “as a competitive grant”.
2
2 See References in Text note below.
section 60521 of this titlesection 60531 of this title2section 10631 of this title be made as competitive grants  to eligible entities for a 12-month period, except that grants awarded under section 113 , , , and section 60532  of this title or under may be made for a 24-month period; and
(2)
require that services for participants, when necessary and appropriate, be transferred from programs funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, to State and community-based programs not funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, before the expiration of the grant.

Pub. L. 110–199, § 6122 Stat. 660Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 502(h)132 Stat. 5231(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 110–199122 Stat. 657section 10101 of this titleThis Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention and also as the Second Chance Act of 2007. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2008 Act note set out under and Tables.

section 113 of Pub. L. 110–199section 113 of Pub. L. 110–199Section 113, referred to in par. (1), means . For complete classification of to the Code, see Tables.

Section 60532 of this titlePub. L. 115–391, title V, § 504(a)132 Stat. 5233, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by , , .

Codification

section 17504 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–391section 10631 of this titlesection 60532 of this title2018—Par. (1). inserted “or under ” after “”.