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[CITE: 42USC13776]

 
                 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. 13776. Definitions

    In this part--
        ``chief local elected official'' means an official designated 
    under regulations issued by the Attorney General. The criteria used 
    by the Attorney General in promulgating such regulations shall 
    ensure administrative efficiency and accountability in the 
    expenditure of funds and execution of funded projects under this 
    part.
        ``chronic high intensity crime area'' means an area meeting 
    criteria adopted by the Attorney General by regulation that, at a 
    minimum, define areas with--
            (A) consistently high rates of violent crime as reported in 
        the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ``Uniform Crime Reports'', 
        and
            (B) chronically high rates of poverty as determined by the 
        Bureau of the Census.

        ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
    American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title III, Sec. 30306, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
1846.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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