34 USC § 10612 - Prohibition of participation by violent offenders

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title: "34 USC § 10612 - Prohibition of participation by violent offenders"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10612"
section_name: "Prohibition of participation by violent offenders"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XXX"
subchapter_name: "DRUG COURTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2952, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title II, § 2301(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1795.)"
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# § 10612. Prohibition of participation by violent offenders

The Attorney General shall—

**(1)** issue regulations or guidelines to ensure that the programs authorized in this subchapter do not permit participation by violent offenders; and

**(2)** immediately suspend funding for any grant under this subchapter, pending compliance, if the Attorney General finds that violent offenders are participating in any program funded under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2952, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title II, § 2301(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1795.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Regulations

> “Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [
> 
> ], the Secretary [probably should be “the Attorney General”] shall revise any regulations or guidelines described in section 2952 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (
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> ) [now
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> ] in accordance with the amendments made by subsection (a) [amending
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> ]. Such regulations shall specify that grant amounts under part EE of such Act [
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> et seq.] shall be reduced for any drug court that does not adopt the definition of ‘violent offender’ under such part, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, within 3 years after such date of enactment.”

, , , provided that: