34 USC § 60303 - Applications

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s60303"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 60303 - Applications"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "60303"
section_name: "Applications"
chapter_number: 603
chapter_name: "IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN STATE CAPITAL CASES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, § 423, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2288.)"
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# § 60303. Applications

**(a)** **In general** The Attorney General shall establish a process through which a State may apply for a grant under this chapter.

**(b)** **Application**

**(1)** **In general** A State desiring a grant under this chapter shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.

**(2)** **Contents** Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—

**(A)** a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State authorizes capital punishment under its laws and conducts, or will conduct, prosecutions in which capital punishment is sought;

**(B)** a description of the communities to be served by the grant, including the nature of existing capital defender services and capital prosecution programs within such communities;

**(C)** a long-term statewide strategy and detailed implementation plan that—

**(i)** reflects consultation with the judiciary, the organized bar, and State and local prosecutor and defender organizations; and

**(ii)** establishes as a priority improvement in the quality of trial-level representation of indigents charged with capital crimes and trial-level prosecution of capital crimes;

**(D)** in the case of a State that employs a statutory procedure described in section 60301(e)(1)(C) of this title, a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of the applicable State statute; and

**(E)** assurances that Federal funds received under this chapter shall be—

**(i)** used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under this chapter; and

**(ii)** allocated in accordance with section 60306(b) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, § 423, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2288.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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