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[CITE: 42USC13771]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--CRIME PREVENTION
 
                 Part C--Model Intensive Grant Programs
 
Sec. 13771. Grant authorization


(a) Establishment

                           (1) In general

        The Attorney General may award grants to not more than 15 
    chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model 
    crime prevention programs that--
            (A) involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community 
        resources, including nonprofit community organizations, law 
        enforcement organizations, and appropriate State and Federal 
        agencies, including the State educational agencies;
            (B) attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and
            (C) provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to 
        involvement in crime.

        (2) Consultation with the Ounce of Prevention Council

        The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention 
    Council in awarding grants under paragraph (1).

(b) Priority

    In awarding grants under subsection (a) of this section, the 
Attorney General shall give priority to proposals that--
        (1) are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a 
    specific area;
        (2) vary in approach to ensure that comparisons of different 
    models may be made; and
        (3) coordinate crime prevention programs funded under this 
    program with other existing Federal programs to address the overall 
    needs of communities that benefit from grants received under this 
    subchapter.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title III, Sec. 30301, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1844.)

                       References in Text

    This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was in the original 
``this title'', meaning title III of Pub. L. 103-322, Sept. 13, 1994, 
108 Stat. 1836, which enacted this subchapter, sections 3796ff to 
3796ff-4 of this title, and sections 6701 to 6720 of Title 31, Money and 
Finance, amended sections 3791, 3793, and 3797 of this title, sections 
2502 to 2504, 2506, and 2512 of Title 16, Conservation, and section 3621 
of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and enacted provisions set 
out as notes under section 13701 of this title and sections 6701 and 
6702 of Title 31. For complete classification of title III to the Code, 
see Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14214 of this title.
