34 U.S.C. § 10612 – Prohibition of participation by violent offenders

The Attorney General shall—

(1) issue regulations or guidelines to ensure that the programs authorized in this subchapter do not permit participation by violent offenders; and
(2) immediately suspend funding for any grant under this subchapter, pending compliance, if the Attorney General finds that violent offenders are participating in any program funded under this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2952, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title II, § 2301(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1795.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3797u–1 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Regulations

Pub. L. 110–199, title I, § 103(c), Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 668, provided that:

“Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [
Apr. 9, 2008], the Secretary [probably should be “the Attorney General”] shall revise any regulations or guidelines described in section 2952 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (
42 U.S.C. 3797u–1) [now
34 U.S.C. 10612] in accordance with the amendments made by subsection (a) [amending
section 10613 of this title]. Such regulations shall specify that grant amounts under part EE of such Act [
34 U.S.C. 10611 et seq.] shall be reduced for any drug court that does not adopt the definition of ‘violent offender’ under such part, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, within 3 years after such date of enactment.”