42 U.S.C. § 5119b : US Code - Section 5119B: Funding for improvement of child abuse crime information

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5119b : US Code - Section 5119B: Funding for improvement of child abuse crime information

(a) Omitted
(b) Additional funding grants for improvement of child abuse crime
information
(1) The Attorney General shall, subject to appropriations and
with preference to States that, as of December 20, 1993, have in
computerized criminal history files the lowest percentages of
charges and dispositions of identifiable child abuse cases, make a
grant to each State to be used -
(A) for the computerization of criminal history files for the
purposes of this subchapter;
(B) for the improvement of existing computerized criminal
history files for the purposes of this subchapter;
(C) to improve accessibility to the national criminal history
background check system for the purposes of this subchapter;
(D) to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records
to, or the indexing of criminal history record in, the national
criminal history background check system for the purposes of this
subchapter; and
(E) to assist the State in paying all or part of the cost to
the State of conducting background checks on persons who are
employed by or volunteer with a public, not-for-profit, or
voluntary qualified entity to reduce the amount of fees charged
for such background checks.
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under
paragraph (1) a total of $20,000,000 for fiscal years 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002.
(c) Withholding State funds
Effective 1 year after December 20, 1993, the Attorney General
may reduce, by up to 10 percent, the allocation to a State for a
fiscal year under title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 [42 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.] that is not in
compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.