34 USC § 20107 - Crime victims legal assistance grants

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20107"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20107 - Crime victims legal assistance grants"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20107"
section_name: "Crime victims legal assistance grants"
chapter_number: 201
chapter_name: "VICTIM RIGHTS, COMPENSATION, AND ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CRIME VICTIMS FUND"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404D, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2264.)"
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# § 20107. Crime victims legal assistance grants

**(a)** **In general** section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title

The Director may make grants as provided in  to State, tribal, and local prosecutors’ offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public and private entities, to develop, establish, and maintain programs for the enforcement of crime victims’ rights as provided in law.

**(b)** **Prohibition** Grant amounts under this section may not be used to bring a cause of action for damages.

**(c)** **False Claims Act** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404D, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(a), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2264.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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