---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 5352"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "5352"
heading: "Program authorization"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/5352"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Money"
  - "Chapter 53 — Monetary Transactions"
  - "Subchapter III — Money Laundering and Related Financial Crimes"
  - "Part 2"
---

# §5352. Program authorization

- (a) **Grant Eligibility.—** To be eligible to receive an initial grant or a renewal grant under this part, a State or local law enforcement [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor shall meet each of the following criteria:
  - (1) **Application.—** The State or local law enforcement [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor shall submit an application to the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) in accordance with [section 5353(a)(2)](/usc/31/5353.md?p=a-2).
  - (2) **Accountability.—** The State or local law enforcement [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor shall—
    - (A) establish a system to measure and report outcomes—
      - (i) consistent with common indicators and evaluation protocols established by the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3), in consultation with the [Attorney General](/usc/31/5340.md?p=4); and
      - (ii) approved by the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3);
    - (B) conduct biennial surveys (or incorporate local surveys in existence at the time of the evaluation) to measure the progress and effectiveness of the coalition; and
    - (C) provide assurances that the entity conducting an evaluation under this paragraph, or from which the applicant receives information, has experience in gathering data related to [money laundering and related financial crimes](/usc/31/5340.md?p=2).
- (b) **Grant Amounts.—**
  - (1) **Grants.—**
    - (A) **In general.—** Subject to [subparagraph (D)](#b-1-D), for a fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) of the Treasury, in consultation with the [Attorney General](/usc/31/5340.md?p=4), may grant to an eligible applicant under this section for that fiscal year, an amount determined by the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) of the Treasury, in consultation with the [Attorney General](/usc/31/5340.md?p=4), to be appropriate.
    - (B) **Suspension of grants.—** If such grant recipient fails to continue to meet the criteria specified in [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) may suspend the grant, after providing written notice to the grant recipient and an opportunity to appeal.
    - (C) **Renewal grants.—** Subject to [subparagraph (D)](#b-1-D), the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) may award a renewal grant to a grant recipient under this subparagraph for each fiscal year following the fiscal year for which an initial grant is awarded.
    - (D) **Limitation.—** The amount of a grant award under this paragraph may not exceed $750,000 for a fiscal year.
  - (2) **Grant awards.—**
    - (A) **In general.—** Except as provided in [subparagraph (B)](#b-2-B), the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) may, with respect to a community, make a grant to one eligible applicant that represents that community.
    - (B) **Exception.—** The [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) may make a grant to more than one eligible applicant that represent[^1] a community if—
      - (i) the eligible coalitions demonstrate that the coalitions are collaborating with one another; and
      - (ii) each of the coalitions has independently met the requirements set forth in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Condition Relating to Proceeds of Asset Forfeitures.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** No grant may be made or renewed under this part to any State or local law enforcement [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor unless the [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor agrees to donate to the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) of the Treasury for the program established under this part any amount received by such [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor (after the grant is made) pursuant to any criminal or civil forfeiture under [chapter 46](/usc/18/chptI-ch46.md) of title 18, United States Code, or any similar provision of State law.
  - (2) **Scope of application.—** [Paragraph (1)](#c-1) shall not apply to any amount received by a State or local law enforcement [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor pursuant to any criminal or civil forfeiture referred to in such paragraph in excess of the aggregate amount of grants received by such [agency](/usc/31/1352.md?p=g-2) or prosecutor under this part.
- (d) **Rolling Grant Application Periods.—** In establishing the program under this part, the [Secretary](/usc/31/5340.md?p=3) shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure, to the extent practicable, that—
  - (1) applications for grants under this part may be filed at any time during a fiscal year; and
  - (2) some portion of the funds appropriated under this part for any such fiscal year will remain available for grant applications filed later in the fiscal year.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “represents”.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–310, § 2(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2946.)