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[CITE: 42USC10501]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
        CHAPTER 111--EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 10501. Application for assistance


(a) State as applicant

    In the event that a law enforcement emergency exists throughout a 
State or a part of a State, a State (on behalf of itself or another 
appropriate unit of government) may submit an application under this 
section for Federal law enforcement assistance.

(b) Execution of application; period for action of Attorney General on 
        application

    An application for assistance under this section shall be submitted 
in writing by the chief executive officer of a State to the Attorney 
General, in a form prescribed by rules issued by the Attorney General. 
The Attorney General shall, after consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Justice Assistance and appropriate members of the Federal law 
enforcement community, approve or disapprove such application not later 
than 10 days after receiving such application.

(c) Criteria

    Federal law enforcement assistance may be provided if such 
assistance is necessary to provide an adequate response to a law 
enforcement emergency. In determining whether to approve or disapprove 
an application for assistance under this section, the Attorney General 
shall consider--
        (1) the nature and extent of such emergency throughout a State 
    or in any part of a State,
        (2) the situation or extraordinary circumstances which produced 
    such emergency,
        (3) the availability of State and local criminal justice 
    resources to resolve the problem,
        (4) the cost associated with the increased Federal presence,
        (5) the need to avoid unnecessary Federal involvement and 
    intervention in matters primarily of State and local concern, and
        (6) any assistance which the State or other appropriate unit of 
    government has received, or could receive, under any provision of 
    title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
    [42 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.].

(Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 609M, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2103.)

                       References in Text

    The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to 
in subsec. (c)(6), is Pub. L. 90-351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197, as 
amended, title I of which is classified principally to chapter 46 
(Sec. 3701 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3701 of this 
title and Tables.


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98-
473, set out as a note under section 3711 of this title.
