Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 10361: Grant authorization

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

Federal law authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to award grants to states and local entities for developing and enforcing criminal interstate child support legislation and coordination efforts.

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The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may make grants under this subchapter to States, for the use by States, and local entities in the States to develop, implement, and enforce criminal interstate child support legislation and coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts. develop a comprehensive assessment of existing criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts, including the identification of gaps in, and barriers to, the enforcement of such efforts; plan and implement comprehensive long-range strategies for criminal interstate child support enforcement; reach an agreement within the State regarding the priorities of such State in the enforcement of criminal interstate child support legislation; develop a plan to implement such priorities; and coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.

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