34 USC § 12141 - Grant authorization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12141"
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title: "34 USC § 12141 - Grant authorization"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12141"
section_name: "Grant authorization"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CRIME PREVENTION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Model Intensive Grant Programs"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1844.)"
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# § 12141. Grant authorization

**(a)** **Establishment**

**(1)** **In general** The Attorney General may award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that—

**(A)** involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources, including nonprofit community organizations, law enforcement organizations, and appropriate State and Federal agencies, including the State educational agencies;

**(B)** attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and

**(C)** provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime.

**(2)** **Consultation with the Ounce of Prevention Council** The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention Council in awarding grants under paragraph (1).

**(b)** **Priority** In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals that—

**(1)** are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a specific area;

**(2)** vary in approach to ensure that comparisons of different models may be made; and

**(3)** coordinate crime prevention programs funded under this program with other existing Federal programs to address the overall needs of communities that benefit from grants received under this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1844.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of , , . For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

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