34 USC § 12572 - Allotment

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12572"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12572 - Allotment"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12572"
section_name: "Allotment"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND EDUCATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Law Enforcement Scholarship Program"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200203, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2058.)"
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# § 12572. Allotment

From amounts appropriated under section 14119 of title 42, the Director shall allot—

**(1)** 80 percent of such amounts to States on the basis of the number of law enforcement officers in each State compared to the number of law enforcement officers in all States; and

**(2)** 20 percent of such amounts to States on the basis of the shortage of law enforcement personnel and the need for assistance under this part in the State compared to the shortage of law enforcement personnel and the need for assistance under this part in all States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XX, § 200203, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2058.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code as obsolete.

### Codification

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