34 USC § 11231 - Authority to make grants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s11231"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 11231 - Authority to make grants"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "11231"
section_name: "Authority to make grants"
chapter_number: 111
chapter_name: "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "National Communications System"
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 III, § 331, as added Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(g)(1)(C), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5022; amended Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(r)(1), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1043.)"
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# § 11231. Authority to make grants

The Secretary shall make grants for a national communication system to assist runaway and homeless youth in communicating with their families and with service providers. The Secretary shall give priority to grant applicants that have experience in providing telephone services to runaway and homeless youth.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–415, title III, § 331, as added Pub. L. 102–586, § 3(g)(1)(C), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5022; amended Pub. L. 106–71, § 3(r)(1), Oct. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1043.)

## 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.

### Amendments

1999— substituted “The Secretary” for “With funds reserved under , the Secretary” in first sentence.