34 U.S.C. § 11131 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 11131. Authority to make grants and contracts
(a) The Administrator is authorized to make grants to States and units of local government or combinations thereof to assist them in planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and evaluating projects directly or through grants and contracts with public and private agencies for the development of more effective education, training, research, prevention, diversion, treatment, and rehabilitation programs in the area of juvenile delinquency and programs to improve the juvenile justice system.
(b)
(1) With not to exceed 5 percent of the funds available in a fiscal year to carry out this part, the Administrator shall make grants to and enter into contracts with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide technical assistance to States, units of general local governments 1 (and combinations thereof), and local private agencies to facilitate compliance with section 11133 of this title and implementation of the State plan approved under section 11133(c) of this title.
(2) Grants and contracts may be made under paragraph (1) only to public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals that have experience in providing such technical assistance.
(Pub. L. 93–415, title II, § 221, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 95–115, § 4(a), Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 625(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2111; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7256, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4438; Pub. L. 102–586, § 2(f)(1), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 4987; Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(b) [title I, § 129(a)(2)(A)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–50, 2681–75; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, § 12221(a)(2), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1894; Pub. L. 115–385, title II, § 204(a), Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5130.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 5631 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.
heading: Amendments
text: 2018—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–385 substituted “5 percent” for “2 percent”.
2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–273 struck out at end “In providing such technical assistance, the recipient of a grant or contract under this subsection shall coordinate its activities with the State agency described in section 5671(c)(1) of this title.”
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277 substituted “units of local government” for “units of general local government”.
1992—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 102–586, § 2(f)(1)(A), which directed the substitution of “experience” for “existence”, could not be executed because “existence” did not appear in text.
Pub. L. 102–586, § 2(f)(1)(B), made technical amendment to reference to section 5671 of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.
1988—Pub. L. 100–690 inserted “and contracts” after “grants” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).
1984—Pub. L. 98–473 amended section catchline.
1977—Pub. L. 95–115 inserted “grants and” before “contracts” and substituted “units of general local government or combinations thereof” for “local governments”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 115–385 not applicable with respect to funds appropriated for any fiscal year that begins before Dec. 21, 2018, see section 3 of Pub. L. 115–385, set out as a note under section 11102 of this title.
heading: Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 107–273 effective on the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, and applicable only with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after the first day of the first fiscal year that begins after Nov. 2, 2002, see section 12223 of Pub. L. 107–273, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.
heading: Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 100–690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.
heading: Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 95–115 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 263(c) of Pub. L. 93–415, as added by Pub. L. 95–115 and repealed by Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7266(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4449, formerly set out as a note under section 11101 of this title.