34 USC § 12441 - Grants to protect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12441"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12441 - Grants to protect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12441"
section_name: "Grants to protect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "Privacy Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking"
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, § 41101, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 107, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2983.)"
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# § 12441. Grants to protect the privacy and confidentiality of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, may award grants under this part to States, Indian tribes, territories, or local agencies or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to ensure that personally identifying information of adult, youth, and child victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and dating violence shall not be released or disclosed to the detriment of such victimized persons.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 41101, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 107, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2983.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.