34 USC 10361 – Grant authorization
(a) In general
The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may make grants under this subchapter to States, for the use by States, and local entities in the States to develop, implement, and enforce criminal interstate child support legislation and coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.
(b) Uses of funds
Terms Used In 34 USC 10361
- State: means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands: Provided, That for the purposes of section 10156(a) of this title, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be considered as one state 1 and that for these purposes 67 per centum of the amounts allocated shall be allocated to American Samoa, and 33 per centum to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. See 34 USC 10251
Funds distributed under this subchapter shall be used to—
(1) develop a comprehensive assessment of existing criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts, including the identification of gaps in, and barriers to, the enforcement of such efforts;
(2) plan and implement comprehensive long-range strategies for criminal interstate child support enforcement;
(3) reach an agreement within the State regarding the priorities of such State in the enforcement of criminal interstate child support legislation;
(4) develop a plan to implement such priorities; and
(5) coordinate criminal interstate child support enforcement efforts.