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[CITE: 42USC3796ee-4]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
        SUBCHAPTER XII-F--CERTAIN PUNISHMENT FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS
 
Sec. 3796ee-4. Allocation and distribution of funds


(a) State distribution

    Of the total amount appropriated under this subchapter in any fiscal 
year--
        (1) 0.4 percent shall be allocated to each of the participating 
    States; and
        (2) of the total funds remaining after the allocation under 
    paragraph (1), there shall be allocated to each of the participating 
    States an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of 
    remaining funds described in this paragraph as the number of young 
    offenders of such State bears to the number of young offenders in 
    all the participating States.

(b) Local distribution

                           (1) In general

        A State that receives funds under this subchapter in a fiscal 
    year shall distribute to units of local government in such State for 
    the purposes specified under section 3796ee of this title that 
    portion of such funds which bears the same ratio to the aggregate 
    amount of such funds as the amount of funds expended by all units of 
    local government for correctional programs in the preceding fiscal 
    year bears to the aggregate amount of funds expended by the State 
    and all units of local government in such State for correctional 
    programs in such preceding fiscal year.

                       (2) Undistributed funds

        Any funds not distributed to units of local government under 
    paragraph (1) shall be available for expenditure by such State for 
    purposes specified under section 3796ee of this title.

                          (3) Unused funds

        If the Attorney General determines, on the basis of information 
    available during any fiscal year, that a portion of the funds 
    allocated to a State for such fiscal year will not be used by such 
    State or that a State is not eligible to receive funds under section 
    3796ee of this title, the Attorney General shall award such funds to 
    units of local government in such State giving priority to the units 
    of local government that the Attorney General considers to have the 
    greatest need.

(c) General requirement

    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, not less 
than two-thirds of funds received by a State under this subchapter shall 
be distributed to units of local government unless the State applies for 
and receives a waiver from the Attorney General.

(d) Federal share

    The Federal share of a grant made under this subchapter may not 
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the projects described in the 
application submitted under section 3796ee-1(a) of this title for the 
fiscal year for which the projects receive assistance under this 
subchapter.

(e) Consideration

    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, in awarding 
grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall consider as a 
factor whether a State has in effect throughout such State a law or 
policy that requires that a juvenile who is in possession of a firearm 
or other weapon on school property or convicted of a crime involving the 
use of a firearm or weapon on school property--
        (1) be suspended from school for a reasonable period of time; 
    and
        (2) lose driving license privileges for a reasonable period of 
    time.

(f) ``Juvenile'' defined

    For purposes of this subchapter, ``juvenile'' means a person 18 
years of age or younger.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1805, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title II, 
Sec. 20201(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1821.)
