Subject to the availability of amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Programs relying principally on the expertise of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall make a grant to each State, in a manner consistent with the national criminal history improvement program, which shall be used by the State, in conjunction with units of local government, State and local courts, other States, or combinations thereof, to establish or upgrade an integrated approach to develop information and identification technologies and systems to-
Grants under this section may be used for programs to establish, develop, update, or upgrade-
To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that the State has the capability to contribute pertinent information to the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note).2
Such assurances shall include a provision that ensures that a statewide strategy for information sharing systems is underway, or will be initiated, to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on integration of all criminal justice components, law enforcement, courts, prosecution, corrections, and probation and parole. The strategy shall be prepared after consultation with State and local officials with emphasis on the recommendation of officials whose duty it is to oversee, plan, and implement integrated information technology systems, and shall contain-
The Federal share of a grant received under this subchapter may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this subchapter unless the State has achieved compliance with an implementation plan under section 40917 of this title or the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.
Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year-
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with this section.
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a semicolon.
2 See References in Text note below.
34 U.S.C. § 40301
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, referred to in subsecs. (b)(8) and (c)(1), is section 103(b) of Pub. L. 103-159, which was set out as a note under section 922 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification as section 40901(b) of this title. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(G), is Pub. L. 90-351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197. Part Q of title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter XVI (§10381 et seq.) of chapter 101 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1968 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 14601 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
AMENDMENTS2018-Subsec. (a)(3)(C) to (F). Pub. L. 115-141, §604(a)(1), added subpar. (C) and redesignated former subpars. (C) to (E) as (D) to (F), respectively.Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 115-141, §604(a)(2), substituted "section 40901(b) of this title" for "section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note)" and inserted before semicolon at end ", including through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents of felony conviction records and domestic violence records to expedite eligibility determinations, and measures and resources necessary to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under section 40917 of this title".Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115-141, §604(a)(3), inserted "the State has achieved compliance with an implementation plan under section 40917 of this title or" after "unless". Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 115-141, §604(a)(4), substituted "2018 through 2022" for "2002 through 2007". 2006-Subsec. (c)(2)(G). Pub. L. 109-162 substituted "such as the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. program" for "such as the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program (described under the heading 'Violent Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance' of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119)) and the M.O.R.E. program".2001-Subsec. (b)(18). Pub. L. 107-56, §1015(1), added par. (18).Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 107-56, §1015(2), substituted "this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2007" for "this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003".2000-Subsec. (b)(17). Pub. L. 106-177 added par. (17).Subsec. (e)(2)(B) to (D). Pub. L. 106-561 inserted "and" after semicolon in subpar. (B), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C), and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: "not less than 20 percent shall be used by the Attorney General for the purposes described in paragraph (11) of subsection (b); and".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2006 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 109-162 applicable with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after Jan. 5, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, see section 1111(d) of Pub. L. 109-162, set out as a note under section 10151 of this title.
SHORT TITLE For short title of title I of Pub. L. 105-251, which is classified to this subchapter, as the "Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998", see section 101 of Pub. L. 105-251, set out as a Short Title of 1998 Act note under section 10101 of this title.