34 USC § 10561 - Grant authorization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10561"
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title: "34 USC § 10561 - Grant authorization"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10561"
section_name: "Grant authorization"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XXVII"
subchapter_name: "PAUL COVERDELL FORENSIC SCIENCES IMPROVEMENT GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2801, as added Pub. L. 106–561, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2788; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title V, § 5001(b)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1813.)"
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# § 10561. Grant authorization

The Attorney General shall award grants to States and units of local government in accordance with this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2801, as added Pub. L. 106–561, § 2(c)(1), Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2788; amended Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title V, § 5001(b)(1), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1813.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2002— inserted “and units of local government” after “States”.