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34 U.S.C. § 12401 — Enforcement of statutory rape laws

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34 U.S.C. § 12401 — Enforcement of statutory rape laws

**(a) Sense of Senate** It is the sense of the Senate that States and local jurisdictions should aggressively enforce statutory rape laws. **(b) Justice Department program on statutory rape** Not later than January 1, 1997, the Attorney General shall establish and implement a program that— (1) studies the linkage between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, particularly by predatory older men committing repeat offenses; and (2) educates State and local criminal law enforcement officials on the prevention and prosecution of statutory rape, focusing in particular on the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses, and any links to teenage pregnancy. **(c) Violence against women initiative** The Attorney General shall ensure that the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women initiative addresses the issue of statutory rape, particularly the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses.

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42 U.S.C. § 14016 — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section, Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40509, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1950, which related to a report on recordkeeping relating to domestic violence, to be submitted to Congress not later than one year after Sept. 13, 1994, was omitted as obsolete.

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42 U.S.C. § 14032 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 14031 was editorially reclassified as [section 12401 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section12401&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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34 U.S.C. § 12401 — Grant program

Page 364 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 12401 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by ‘‘orders in- tended to protect victims from stalking’’. ticular on the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat of- fenses, and any links to teenage pregnancy. (c) Violence against women initiative The Attorney General shall ensure that the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women initiative addresses the issue of statu- tory rape, particularly the commission of statu- tory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses. (Pub. L. 104–193, title IX, § 906, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2349.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 14016 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section was enacted as part of the Personal Responsi- bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and not as part of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 which enacted this chapter. PART F—NATIONAL STALKER AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REDUCTION § 12401. Grant program (a) In general The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States and units of local government to improve and implement processes for enter- ing data regarding stalking and domestic vio- lence into local, State, and national crime infor- mation databases. (b) Eligibility To be eligible to receive a grant under sub- section (a), a State or unit of local government shall certify that it has or intends to establish a program that enters into the National Crime Information Center records of— (1) warrants for the arrest of persons vio- lating protection orders intended to protect victims from stalking or domestic violence;

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