---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20108"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "20108"
heading: "Crime victims notification grants"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/20108"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 201 — Victim Rights, Compensation, and Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Crime Victims Fund"
---

# §20108. Crime victims notification grants

- (a) **In general—** The Director may make grants as provided in [section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title](/usc/34/20103.md?p=c-1-A) to [State](/usc/34/10105.md), tribal, and local prosecutors’ [offices](/usc/34/50301.md?p=6), law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement [state](/usc/34/10105.md)-of-the-art systems for notifying victims of crime of important dates and developments relating to the criminal proceedings at issue in a timely and efficient manner, provided that the [jurisdiction](/usc/34/20971.md?p=e-3) has laws substantially equivalent to the provisions of [chapter 237](/usc/18/chptII-ch237.md) of title 18.
- (b) **Integration of systems—** Systems developed and implemented under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md) may be integrated with existing case management systems operated by the recipient of the grant.
- (c) **Authorization of appropriations—** In addition to funds made available under [section 20101(d) of this title](/usc/34/20101.md?p=d), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out [this section](/usc/34/50105.md)—
  - (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
  - (2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
- (d) **False Claims Act—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to [sections 3729 through 3731](/usc/31/3729..3731.md) of title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md), subject to appropriation.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404E, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(c), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2265.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10603e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.