34 USC § 12371 - Grants authorized

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12371"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12371 - Grants authorized"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12371"
section_name: "Grants authorized"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Equal Justice for Women in Courts"
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 IV, § 40411, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title IV, § 1406(c)(2), (d)(1), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1516.)"
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# § 12371. Grants authorized

section 10701 of title 42

The State Justice Institute may award grants for the purpose of developing, testing, presenting, and disseminating model programs to be used by States (as defined in ) in training judges and court personnel in the laws of the States and by Indian tribes in training tribal judges and court personnel in the laws of the tribes on rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and other crimes of violence motivated by the victim’s gender. Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40411, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1942; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title IV, § 1406(c)(2), (d)(1), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1516.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2000— inserted “dating violence,” after “domestic violence,” and “Nothing shall preclude the attendance of tribal judges and court personnel at programs funded under this section for States to train judges and court personnel on the laws of the States.” at end.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

For short title of subtitle D of title IV of , which is classified to this part, as the “Equal Justice for Women in the Courts Act of 1994”, see , set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under .