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[CITE: 42USC3796aa-2]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
 SUBCHAPTER XII-B--GRANTS FOR CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISING OF TESTIMONY OF 
                    CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE
 
Sec. 3796aa-2. Applications to receive grants

    To request a grant under section 3796aa-1 of this title, the chief 
executive officer of a State or unit of local government shall submit to 
the Director an application at such time and in such form as the 
Director may require. Such application shall include--
        (1) a certification that Federal funds made available under 
    section 3796aa-1 of this title will not be used to supplant State or 
    local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds 
    that would, in the absence of such funds, be made available for 
    criminal proceedings for the violation of laws relating to the abuse 
    of children; and
        (2) a certification that funds required to pay the non-Federal 
    portion of the cost of equipment and personnel training for which 
    such grant is made shall be in addition to funds that would 
    otherwise be made available by the recipients of grant funds for 
    criminal proceedings for the violation of laws relating to the abuse 
    of children.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1403, as added Pub. L. 101-647, title II, 
Sec. 241(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4810; amended Pub. L. 103-322, 
title IV, Sec. 40156(c)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1923.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322, in introductory provisions inserted ``or unit 
of local government'' after ``of a State'', in par. (1) inserted ``and'' 
at end, in par. (2) substituted a period for the semicolon at end, and 
struck out pars. (3) and (4) which read as follows:
    ``(3) an assurance that the State application described in this 
section, and any amendment to such application, has been submitted for 
review to the State legislature or its designated body (for purposes of 
this section, such application or amendment shall be deemed to be 
reviewed if the State legislature or such body does not review such 
application or amendment within the 60-day period beginning on the date 
such application or amendment is so submitted); and
    ``(4) an assurance that the State application and any amendment 
thereto was made public before submission to the Bureau and, to the 
extent provided under State law or established procedure, an opportunity 
to comment thereon was provided to citizens and to neighborhood and 
community groups.''

                          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 3796aa-3, 3796aa-5 of this 
title.
