§12401. Grant program

(a) In general

The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States and units of local government to improve and implement processes for entering data regarding stalking and domestic violence into local, State, and national crime information databases.

(b) Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a State or unit of local government shall certify that it has or intends to establish a program that enters into the National Crime Information Center records of-

(1) warrants for the arrest of persons violating protection orders intended to protect victims from stalking or domestic violence;

(2) arrests or convictions of persons violating protection ¹ or domestic violence; and

(3) protection orders for the protection of persons from stalking or domestic violence.

( Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §40602, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1951 ; Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title I, §1106(b), Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1497 .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 14031 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2000-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–386 inserted "and implement" after "improve".

¹ So in original. Probably should be followed by "orders intended to protect victims from stalking".