34 USC § 20322 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s20322"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 20322 - Purpose"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "20322"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 203
chapter_name: "VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COURT-APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 216, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794; Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40156(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 112(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2986; Pub. L. 113–4, title I, § 106(1), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 77.)"
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# § 20322. Purpose

January 1, 2015

The purpose of this subchapter is to ensure that by , a court-appointed special advocate shall be available to every victim of child abuse or neglect in the United States that needs such an advocate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 216, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4794; Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40156(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1923; Pub. L. 109–162, title I, § 112(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 2986; Pub. L. 113–4, title I, § 106(1), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 77.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2013— substituted “” for “”.

2006— substituted “” for “”.

1994— made technical amendment to reference to this subchapter to correct reference to corresponding provision of original act.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2013 Amendment

Amendment by  not effective until the beginning of the fiscal year following , see , set out as a note under , Crimes and Criminal Procedure.