Federal

Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

795 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 12451 — Creating hope through outreach, options, services, and education for children and youth (“CHOOSE Children & Youth”)
• § 12461 — Findings
• § 12462 — Purpose
• § 12463 — Saving money and reducing tragedies through prevention (SMART Prevention)
• § 12464 — Grants to support families in the justice system
• § 12471 — Findings
• § 12472 — Purpose
• § 12473 — Definitions
• § 12474 — Collaborative grants to increase the long-term stability of victims
• § 12475 — Grants to combat violence against women in public and assisted housing
• § 12491 — Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• § 12492 — Compliance reviews
• § 12493 — Department of Housing and Urban Development Gender-based Violence Prevention Office and Violence Against Women Act Director
• § 12494 — Prohibition on retaliation
• § 12495 — Right to report crime and emergencies from one’s home
• § 12496 — Training and technical assistance grants
• § 12501 — Grant for national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence
• § 12511 — Sexual assault services program
• § 12512 — Working Group
• § 12513 — Demonstration program on trauma-informed, victim-centered training for law enforcement
• § 12514 — Pilot program on restorative practices
• § 12521 — Increased penalties for drug-dealing in “drug-free” zones
• § 12522 — Enhanced penalties for illegal drug use in Federal prisons and for smuggling drugs into Federal prisons
• § 12523 — Violent crime and drug emergency areas
• § 12531 — Juvenile anti-drug and anti-gang grants in federally assisted low-income housing
• § 12532 — Gang investigation coordination and information collection
• § 12541 — Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces
• § 12542 — Rural drug enforcement training
• § 12551 — Purposes
• § 12552 — Definitions
• § 12553 — Establishment of Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education
• § 12554 — Designation of lead agency and submission of State plan
• § 12555 — Scholarship assistance
• § 12556 — Selection of participants
• § 12557 — Police Corps training
• § 12558 — Service obligation
• § 12559 — State plan requirements
• § 12571 — Definitions
• § 12572 — Allotment
• § 12573 — Establishment of program
• § 12574 — Scholarships
• § 12575 — Eligibility
• § 12576 — State application
• § 12577 — Local application
• § 12578 — Scholarship agreement
• § 12591 — Quality assurance and proficiency testing standards
• § 12592 — Index to facilitate law enforcement exchange of DNA identification information
• § 12593 — Federal Bureau of Investigation
• § 12601 — Cause of action
• § 12602 — Data on use of excessive force
• § 12611 — Motor vehicle theft prevention program
• § 12621 — Missing Americans Alert Program
• § 12622 — Annual report
• § 12623 — Standards and best practices for use of non-invasive and non-permanent tracking devices
• § 12631 — Creation of Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund
• § 12632 — Extension of authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years for which full amount authorized is not appropriated
• § 12633 — Flexibility in making of appropriations
• § 12641 — Task force relating to introduction of nonindigenous species
• § 12642 — Coordination of substance abuse treatment and prevention programs
• § 12643 — Edward Byrne Memorial Formula Grant Program
• § 20101 — Crime Victims Fund
• § 20102 — Crime victim compensation
• § 20103 — Crime victim assistance
• § 20104 — Child abuse prevention and treatment grants
• § 20105 — Compensation and assistance to victims of terrorism or mass violence
• § 20106 — Compensation to victims of international terrorism
• § 20107 — Crime victims legal assistance grants
• § 20108 — Crime victims notification grants
• § 20109 — Sexual assault survivors’ notification grants
• § 20110 — Administrative provisions
• § 20111 — Establishment of Office for Victims of Crime
• § 20121 — Legal assistance for victims
• § 20122 — Education, training, and enhanced services to end violence against and abuse of individuals with disabilities and Deaf people
• § 20123 — Grants for outreach and services to underserved populations
• § 20124 — Enhancing culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
• § 20125 — Grants to combat violent crimes on campuses
• § 20126 — Consultation
• § 20127 — Emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program
• § 20128 — Agency and department coordination
• § 20129 — LGBT specific services program
• § 20130 — Study and reports on barriers to survivors’ economic security access
• § 20131 — Media campaign
• § 20141 — Services to victims
• § 20142 — Closed circuit televised court proceedings for victims of crime
• § 20143 — Grants for young witness assistance
• § 20144 — Justice for United States victims of state sponsored terrorism
• § 20145 — Elimination of barriers
• § 20301 — Findings
• § 20302 — Definitions
• § 20303 — Regional children’s advocacy centers
• § 20304 — Local children’s advocacy centers
• § 20305 — Grants for specialized technical assistance and training programs
• § 20306 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 20307 — Accountability
• § 20321 — Findings
• § 20322 — Purpose
• § 20323 — Strengthening of court-appointed special advocate program
• § 20324 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 20331 — Findings and purpose
• § 20332 — Grants for juvenile and family court personnel
• § 20333 — Specialized technical assistance and training programs
• § 20334 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 20341 — Child abuse reporting
• § 20342 — Federal immunity
• § 20351 — Requirement for background checks
• § 20501 — National coordination of AMBER Alert communications network
• § 20502 — Minimum standards for issuance and dissemination of alerts through AMBER Alert communications network
• § 20503 — Grant program for notification and communications systems along highways and major transportation routes for recovery of abducted children
• § 20504 — Grant program for support of AMBER Alert communications plans
• § 20505 — Limitation on liability
• § 20701 — Prevention of domestic trafficking in persons
• § 20702 — Establishment of a grant program to develop, expand, and strengthen assistance programs for certain persons subject to trafficking
• § 20703 — Victim-centered child human trafficking deterrence block grant program
• § 20704 — Grant accountability
• § 20705 — Enhancing State and local efforts to combat trafficking in persons
• § 20705a — Enhancing the ability of State, local, and Tribal child welfare agencies to identify and respond to children who are, or are at risk of being, victims of trafficking
• § 20706 — Senior Policy Operating Group
• § 20707 — Definitions
• § 20708 — Grants for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers
• § 20709 — Combat Human Trafficking Act
• § 20709a to 20709c — Transferred
• § 20710 — Education and outreach to trafficking survivors
• § 20711 — Establishing a national strategy to combat human trafficking
• § 20712 — Holistic training for Federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors
• § 20713 — Encouraging a victim-centered approach to training of Federal law enforcement personnel
• § 20714 — Training of tribal law enforcement and prosecutorial personnel
• § 20901 — Declaration of purpose
• § 20902 — Establishment of program
• § 20903 — Tribal registry
• § 20911 — Relevant definitions, including Amie Zyla expansion of sex offender definition and expanded inclusion of child predators
• § 20912 — Registry requirements for jurisdictions
• § 20913 — Registry requirements for sex offenders
• § 20914 — Information required in registration
• § 20915 — Duration of registration requirement
• § 20916 — Direction to the Attorney General
• § 20917 — Checking system for social networking websites
• § 20918 — Periodic in person verification
• § 20919 — Duty to notify sex offenders of registration requirements and to register
• § 20920 — Public access to sex offender information through the Internet
• § 20921 — National Sex Offender Registry
• § 20922 — Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website
• § 20923 — Megan Nicole Kanka and Alexandra Nicole Zapp Community Notification Program
• § 20924 — Actions to be taken when sex offender fails to comply
• § 20925 — Development and availability of registry management and website software
• § 20926 — Period for implementation by jurisdictions
• § 20927 — Failure of jurisdiction to comply
• § 20928 — Sex Offender Management Assistance (SOMA) program
• § 20929 — Election by Indian tribes
• § 20930 — Registration of sex offenders entering the United States
• § 20931 — Registration of sex offenders released from military corrections facilities or upon conviction
• § 20932 — Immunity for good faith conduct
• § 20941 — Federal assistance with respect to violations of registration requirements
• § 20942 — Project Safe Childhood
• § 20943 — Federal assistance in identification and location of sex offenders relocated as a result of a major disaster
• § 20944 — Expansion of training and technology efforts
• § 20945 — Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
• § 20961 — Access to national crime information databases
• § 20962 — Schools SAFE Act
• § 20971 — Jimmy Ryce State civil commitment programs for sexually dangerous persons
• § 20981 — Pilot program for monitoring sexual offenders
• § 20982 — Assistance for prosecution of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds
• § 20983 — Grants to combat sexual abuse of children
• § 20984 — Grants for fingerprinting programs for children
• § 20985 — Grants for Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
• § 20986 — Children’s safety online awareness campaigns
• § 20987 — Grants for online child safety programs
• § 20988 — Jessica Lunsford Address Verification Grant Program
• § 20989 — Fugitive Safe Surrender
• § 20990 — National registry of substantiated cases of child abuse
• § 20991 — Annual report on enforcement of registration requirements
• § 21101 — Definitions
• § 21111 — Establishment of National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction
• § 21112 — Establishment of National ICAC Task Force Program
• § 21113 — Purpose of ICAC task forces
• § 21114 — Duties and functions of task forces
• § 21115 — National Internet Crimes Against Children Data System
• § 21116 — ICAC grant program
• § 21117 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 21131 — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXII, § 8202(h) , Dec. 18, 2025 , 139 Stat. 1844
• § 21301 — Definitions
• § 21302 — Findings
• § 21303 — Increased funding for formula grants authorized
• § 21304 — Application
• § 21305 — Grant increase
• § 21306 — Period of increase
• § 21307 — Allocation of increased formula grant funds
• § 21308 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 21501 — Findings
• § 21502 — Definitions
• § 21503 — Angel Watch Center
• § 21504 — Notification by the United States Marshals Service
• § 21505 — Implementation
• § 21506 — Reciprocal notifications
• § 21507 — Implementation plan
• § 21508 — Technical assistance
• § 21509 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 21510 — Rule of construction
• § 21701 — Definitions
• § 21711 — Supporting Federal cases involving elder justice
• § 21721 — Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection