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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-517 Section 3(c)]
[CITE: 42USC3796ll-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
SUBCHAPTER XII-M--MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS
 
Sec. 3796ll-1. Applications


(a) In general

    To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive of a 
State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit an 
application to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance in such 
form and containing such information as the Director may reasonably 
require.

(b) Regulations

    Not later than 90 days after June 16, 1998, the Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance shall promulgate regulations to implement 
this section (including the information that must be included and the 
requirements that the States, units of local government, and Indian 
tribes must meet) in submitting the applications required under this 
section.

(c) Eligibility

    A unit of local government that receives funding under the Local Law 
Enforcement Block Grant program (described under the heading ``Violent 
Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' 
of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119)) during a 
fiscal year in which it submits an application under this subchapter 
shall not be eligible for a grant under this subchapter unless the chief 
executive officer of such unit of local government certifies and 
provides an explanation to the Director that the unit of local 
government considered or will consider using funding received under the 
block grant program for any or all of the costs relating to the purchase 
of armor vests, but did not, or does not expect to use such funds for 
such purpose.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 2502, as added Pub. L. 105-181, 
Sec. 3(a)(3), June 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 514.)

                       References in Text

    The Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998, referred to in subsec. (c), 
is Pub. L. 105-119, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2440. Provisions under the 
heading ``Violent Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance'', 111 Stat. 2452, are not classified to the 
Code.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 3742(3) 
through (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.
