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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 · Sec. 20108

Sec. 20108. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

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## SEC. 20108 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS **[**[34 U.S.C. 12108](/us/usc/t34/s12108)**]** ###
(a)In General ####
(1)Authorizations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle— #####
(A)$997,500,000 for fiscal year 1996; #####
(B)$1,330,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; #####
(C)$2,527,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; #####
(D)$2,660,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and #####
(E)$2,753,100,000 for fiscal year 2000. ####
(2)Distribution #####
(A)In general Of the amounts remaining after the allocation of funds for the purposes set forth under sections 20110, 20111, and 20109, the Attorney General shall, from amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph
(1)for each fiscal year, distribute 50 percent for incarceration grants under section 20103, and 50 percent for incentive grants under section 20104. #####
(B)Distribution of minimum amounts The Attorney General shall distribute minimum amounts allocated for section 20103(a) to an eligible State not later than 30 days after receiving an application that demonstrates that such State qualifies for a Violent Offender Incarceration grant under section 20103 or a Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive grant under section 20104. ###
(b)Limitations on Funds ####
(1)Uses of funds Except as provided in section3 20110 and 20111, funds made available pursuant to this section shall be used only to carry out the purposes described in section 20102(a). 3So in law. Probably should read “sections”. ####
(2)Nonsupplanting requirement Funds made available pursuant to this section shall not be used to supplant State funds, but shall be used to increase the amount of funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available from State sources. ####
(3)Administrative costs Not more than 3 percent of the funds that remain available after carrying out sections 20109, 20110, and 20111 shall be available to the Attorney General for purposes of— #####
(A)administration; #####
(B)research and evaluation, including assessment of the effect on public safety and other effects of the expansion of correctional capacity and sentencing reforms implemented pursuant to this subtitle; #####
(C)technical assistance relating to the use of grant funds, 0and development and implementation of sentencing reforms implemented pursuant to this subtitle; and #####
(D)data collection and improvement of information systems relating to the confinement of violent offenders and other sentencing and correctional matters. ####
(4)Carryover of appropriations Funds appropriated pursuant to this section during any fiscal year shall remain available until expended. Funds obligated, but subsequently unspent and deobligated, may remain available, to the extent as may provided in appropriations Acts, for the purpose described in section 20102(a)(4) for any subsequent fiscal year. The further obligation of such funds by an official for such purpose shall not be delayed, directly or indirectly, in any manner by any officer or employee in the executive branch. ####
(5)Matching funds The Federal share of a grant received under this subtitle may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a proposal as described in an application approved under this subtitle.
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