34 USC 40302 – Funding for improvement of criminal records
(1) Grants for the improvement of criminal records
The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall, subject to appropriations and with preference to States that, as of March 23, 2018, have the lowest percent currency of case dispositions in computerized criminal history files and that will utilize funding under this subsection to prioritize the identification and transmittal of felony conviction records and domestic violence records, make a grant to each State to be used—
(A) for the creation of a computerized criminal history record system or improvement of an existing system;
(B) to improve accessibility to the national instant criminal background system;
(C) to assist the State in the transmittal of criminal records to the national system; and
(D) to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under section 40917 of this title.
(2) Authorization of appropriations
Terms Used In 34 USC 40302
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under paragraph (1) a total of $200,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and all fiscal years thereafter.