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[CITE: 42USC3750c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
        SUBCHAPTER V--BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 3750c. Award of grants


(a) In general

    The Director shall allocate to each State a proportion of the total 
funds available under sections 3750a to 3750d of this title that is 
equal to the proportion of the number of motor vehicles registered in 
such State to the total number of motor vehicles registered in the 
United States. The Director shall ensure that all applicant States have 
an opportunity to receive grants from an available appropriation. Any 
State that has not met the requirements described in section 30503 of 
title 49 shall be excluded from any allocation under this subsection.

(b) Grant amounts

    If one Anti Car Theft Committee within a State submits an 
application in compliance with section 3750b of this title, the Director 
shall award to such Anti Car Theft Committee a grant equal to the total 
amount of funds allocated to such State under this section. In no case 
shall the Anti Car Theft Committee receive a grant that is more than 50 
percent of the preaward budget for such Anti Car Theft Committee.

(c) Multiple committees

    If two or more Anti Car Theft Committees within a State submit 
applications in compliance with section 3750b of this title, the 
Director shall award to such Anti Car Theft Committees grants that in 
sum are equal to the total amount of funds allocated to such State under 
this section. In no case shall an Anti Car Theft Committee receive a 
grant that is more than 50 percent of the preaward budget for such Anti 
Car Theft Committee. The Director shall allocate funds among two or more 
Anti Car Theft Committees with \1\ a State according to the proportion 
of the preaward budget of each Anti Car Theft Committee to the total 
preaward budget for all grant recipient Anti Car Theft Committees within 
such State.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``within''.
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(d) Renewal of grants

    Subject to the availability of funds, a grant under sections 3750a 
to 3750d of this title may be renewed for up to 2 additional years after 
the first fiscal year during which the recipient receives an initial 
grant under this section and sections 3750a, 3750b, and 3750d of this 
title if the Director determines that the funds made available to the 
recipient during the previous year were used in the manner required 
under the approved application.

(Pub. L. 102-519, title I, Sec. 132, Oct. 25, 1992, 106 Stat. 3387.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, and 
not as part of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 which comprises this chapter.
    In subsection (a), ``section 30503 of title 49'' substituted for 
``section 203 of this Act'', meaning section 203 of Pub. L. 102-519, on 
authority of Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 6(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1378, 
the first section of which enacted subtitles II, III, and V to X of 
Title 49, Transportation.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 3742(3) to 
(6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office 
of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, Sec. 108(b)] of 
Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 3741 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3750a, 3750b, 3750d of this 
title.
