34 USC § 11171 - Grants and projects

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s11171"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 11171 - Grants and projects"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "11171"
section_name: "Grants and projects"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PROGRAMS AND OFFICES"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Developing, Testing, and Demonstrating Promising New Initiatives and Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–415, title II, § 261, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, § 12212, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1891.)"
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# § 11171. Grants and projects

**(a)** **Authority to make grants** The Administrator may make grants to and contracts with States, units of general local government, Indian tribal governments, public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals, or combinations thereof, to carry out projects for the development, testing, and demonstration of promising initiatives and programs for the prevention, control, or reduction of juvenile delinquency. The Administrator shall ensure that, to the extent reasonable and practicable, such grants are made to achieve an equitable geographical distribution of such projects throughout the United States.

**(b)** **Use of grants** A grant made under subsection (a) may be used to pay all or part of the cost of the project for which such grant is made.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–415, title II, § 261, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, § 12212, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1891.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Prior Provisions

A prior , as added , , ; amended , , , related to authority to make grants and contracts, prior to repeal by , , .

Another prior  was renumbered section 299 and was classified to , prior to repeal by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Part effective on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after , and applicable only with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment note under .