34 USC 10651a – Veteran Treatment Court Program
(a) Establishment
Subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General shall establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance to court systems that—
(1) have adopted a Veterans Treatment Court Program; or
(2) have filed a notice of intent to establish a Veterans Treatment Court Program with the Secretary.
(b) Purpose
Terms Used In 34 USC 10651a
- Attorney General: means the Attorney General of the United States or his designee. See 34 USC 10251
- court: means a tribunal recognized as a part of the judicial branch of a State or of its local government units. See 34 USC 10251
- 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
The purpose of the Veterans Treatment Court Program established under subsection (a) is to ensure the Department of Justice has a single office to coordinate the provision of grants, training, and technical assistance to help State, local, and Tribal governments to develop and maintain veteran treatment courts.
(c) Programs included
The Veterans Treatment Court Program established under subsection (a) shall include the grant programs relating to veterans treatment courts carried out by the Attorney General pursuant to sections 10651 and 10701 of this title or any other provision of law.
(d) Regulations
The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.