34 USC § 10172 - Allocation of funds; administrative provisions

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title: "34 USC § 10172 - Allocation of funds; administrative provisions"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10172"
section_name: "Allocation of funds; administrative provisions"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAMS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Discretionary Grants"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 516, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4848; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(b)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 302(b), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2539.)"
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# § 10172. Allocation of funds; administrative provisions

**(a)** **Allocation of funds** section 10171(a)(1) of this titlesection 10171(a)(2) of this titlesection 10171(a)(3) of this titlesection 10171(a)(4) of this title

Of the total amount appropriated for this subpart in any fiscal year, 70 percent shall be used to make grants under , 10 percent shall be used to make grants under , 10 percent shall be used to make grants under , and 10 percent for .

**(b)** **Limit on grant share of cost** section 10171(a) of this title

A grant made under paragraph (1) or (3) of  may be made for an amount up to 75 percent of the cost of the correctional option contained in the approved application.

**(c)** **Rules; report; request for applications** The Director shall—

**(1)** not later than 90 days after funds are first appropriated to carry out this subpart, issue rules to carry out this subpart; and

**(2)** not later than 180 days after funds are first appropriated to carry out this subpart—

**(A)** submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, a report describing such rules; and

**(B)** request applications for grants under this subpart.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 516, as added Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(7), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4848; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330001(b)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2138; Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 302(b), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2539.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.

### Prior Provisions

A prior , title I, , ; , , ; , , , provided for making of payments under title I of , prior to the general amendment of title I of  by .

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a).  substituted “70” for “80” and “3762a(a)(2) of this title, 10” for “3762a(a)(2) of this title, and 10” and inserted “, and 10 percent for ” before period at end.

1994—Subsec. (a). , substituted “10 percent shall be used to make grants under section” for “10 percent for section” in two places.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “paragraph (1) or (3) of section 3762a(a)” for “section 3762a(a)(1) or (a)(3)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

Effective , all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of , set out as a note under .