34 USC § 10641 - Grant authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10641"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 10641 - Grant authority"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10641"
section_name: "Grant authority"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "XXXII"
subchapter_name: "CRIME FREE RURAL STATE GRANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2985, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11027(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1834.)"
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# § 10641. Grant authority

The Attorney General shall award grants to rural State criminal justice agencies, Byrne agencies, or other agencies as designated by the Governor of that State and approved by the Attorney General, to develop rural States’ capacity to assist local communities in the prevention and reduction of crime, violence, and substance abuse.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2985, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11027(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1834.)

## 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

### Short Title

For short title of , which enacted this subchapter, as the “Crime-Free Rural States Act of 2002”, see , set out as a Short Title of 2002 Act note under .