34 USC § 12225 - Award of grants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12225"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12225 - Award of grants"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12225"
section_name: "Award of grants"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "CRIME PREVENTION"
part_number: "F"
part_name: "Community-Based Justice Grants for Prosecutors"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31705, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1891.)"
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# § 12225. Award of grants

The Attorney General shall consider the following facts in awarding grants:

**(1)** Demonstrated need and evidence of the ability to provide the services described in the plan required under section 12223 of this title.

**(2)** The Attorney General shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31705, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1891.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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