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[CITE: 31USC5352]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE IV--MONEY
 
                    CHAPTER 53--MONETARY TRANSACTIONS
 
      SUBCHAPTER III--MONEY LAUNDERING AND RELATED FINANCIAL CRIMES
 
        Part 2--Financial Crime-Free Communities Support Program
 
Sec. 5352. Program authorization

    (a) Grant Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive an initial grant 
or a renewal grant under this part, a State or local law enforcement 
agency or prosecutor shall meet each of the following criteria:
        (1) Application.--The State or local law enforcement agency or 
    prosecutor shall submit an application to the Secretary in 
    accordance with section 5353(a)(2).
        (2) Accountability.--The State or local law enforcement agency 
    or prosecutor shall--
            (A) establish a system to measure and report outcomes--
                (i) consistent with common indicators and evaluation 
            protocols established by the Secretary, in consultation with 
            the Attorney General; and
                (ii) approved by the Secretary;

            (B) conduct biennial surveys (or incorporate local surveys 
        in existence at the time of the evaluation) to measure the 
        progress and effectiveness of the coalition; and
            (C) provide assurances that the entity conducting an 
        evaluation under this paragraph, or from which the applicant 
        receives information, has experience in gathering data related 
        to money laundering and related financial crimes.

    (b) Grant Amounts.--
        (1) Grants.--
            (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D), for a fiscal 
        year, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
        Attorney General, may grant to an eligible applicant under this 
        section for that fiscal year, an amount determined by the 
        Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney 
        General, to be appropriate.
            (B) Suspension of grants.--If such grant recipient fails to 
        continue to meet the criteria specified in subsection (a), the 
        Secretary may suspend the grant, after providing written notice 
        to the grant recipient and an opportunity to appeal.
            (C) Renewal grants.--Subject to subparagraph (D), the 
        Secretary may award a renewal grant to a grant recipient under 
        this subparagraph for each fiscal year following the fiscal year 
        for which an initial grant is awarded.
            (D) Limitation.--The amount of a grant award under this 
        paragraph may not exceed $750,000 for a fiscal year.

        (2) Grant awards.--
            (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 
        Secretary may, with respect to a community, make a grant to one 
        eligible applicant that represents that community.
            (B) Exception.--The Secretary may make a grant to more than 
        one eligible applicant that represent \1\ a community if--
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``represents''.
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                (i) the eligible coalitions demonstrate that the 
            coalitions are collaborating with one another; and
                (ii) each of the coalitions has independently met the 
            requirements set forth in subsection (a).

    (c) Condition Relating to Proceeds of Asset Forfeitures.--
        (1) In general.--No grant may be made or renewed under this part 
    to any State or local law enforcement agency or prosecutor unless 
    the agency or prosecutor agrees to donate to the Secretary of the 
    Treasury for the program established under this part any amount 
    received by such agency or prosecutor (after the grant is made) 
    pursuant to any criminal or civil forfeiture under chapter 46 of 
    title 18, United States Code, or any similar provision of State law.
        (2) Scope of application.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
    amount received by a State or local law enforcement agency or 
    prosecutor pursuant to any criminal or civil forfeiture referred to 
    in such paragraph in excess of the aggregate amount of grants 
    received by such agency or prosecutor under this part.

    (d) Rolling Grant Application Periods.--In establishing the program 
under this part, the Secretary shall take such action as may be 
necessary to ensure, to the extent practicable, that--
        (1) applications for grants under this part may be filed at any 
    time during a fiscal year; and
        (2) some portion of the funds appropriated under this part for 
    any such fiscal year will remain available for grant applications 
    filed later in the fiscal year.

(Added Pub. L. 105-310, Sec. 2(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2946.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5353 of this title.
