34 USC § 60504 - Rule of construction

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title: "34 USC § 60504 - Rule of construction"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "60504"
section_name: "Rule of construction"
chapter_number: 605
chapter_name: "RECIDIVISM PREVENTION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–199, § 6, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 502(h), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5231.)"
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# § 60504. Rule of construction

Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be construed as creating a right or entitlement to assistance or services for any individual, program, or grant recipient. Each grant made under this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall—

**2** be made as competitive grants [^1] to eligible entities for a 12-month period, except that grants awarded under section 113 [^2], section 60521 of this title, section 60531 of this title, and section 60532 [^2] of this title or under section 10631 of this title may be made for a 24-month period; and

So in original. Probably should be “as a competitive grant”.

See References in Text note below.

**(2)** require that services for participants, when necessary and appropriate, be transferred from programs funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, to State and community-based programs not funded under this Act or the amendment made by this Act, respectively, before the expiration of the grant.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–199, § 6, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 115–391, title V, § 502(h), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5231.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is , , , known as the Second Chance Act of 2007: Community Safety Through Recidivism Prevention and also as the Second Chance Act of 2007. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 2008 Act note set out under  and Tables.

Section 113, referred to in par. (1), means . For complete classification of  to the Code, see Tables.

, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by , , .

### Codification

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

### Amendments

2018—Par. (1).  inserted “or under ” after “”.