34 U.S.C. § 10103 — Office of Weed and Seed Strategies

Page 29 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10104 tistics, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and (6) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Assistant Attorney General pursuant to this chapter or by delega- tion of the Attorney General, including plac- ing special conditions on all grants, and deter- mining priority purposes for formula grants. (b) Annual report to President and Congress The Assistant Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 102, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 603(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2078; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 236, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2162; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1152, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3113.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), was in the original ‘‘this title’’, meaning title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added by Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1167, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Ta- bles. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3712 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 102 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1170, described duties and functions of Administrator of Law Enforce- ment Assistance Administration, prior to the general amendment of part A of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 98–473. AMENDMENTS 2006—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(a), inserted ‘‘the Office for Victims of Crime,’’ after ‘‘the Bureau of Justice Statistics,’’. Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(b), inserted ‘‘, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants’’ before period at end. 2002—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 107–296 inserted ‘‘coordi- nate and’’ before ‘‘provide’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Do- mestic Security. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 10101 of this title. § 10103. Office of Weed and Seed Strategies (a) Establishment There is established within the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed by a Direc- tor appointed by the Attorney General. (b) Assistance The Director may assist States, units of local government, and neighborhood and community- based organizations in developing Weed and Seed strategies, as provided in section 10104 of this title. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009, to remain available until expended. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 103, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1121(a), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3104.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3712a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1121(c), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3107, as amended by Pub. L. 109–271, § 8(n)(1), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 767, provided that: ‘‘This section [enact- ing this section and sections 10104 and 10105 of this title and provisions set out as a note below] and the amend- ments made by this section take effect with respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2007 and for each fiscal year thereafter.’’ ABOLISHMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED; TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1121(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3107, provided that: ‘‘(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Executive Office of Weed and Seed is abolished. ‘‘(2) TRANSFER.—There are hereby transferred to the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies all functions and ac- tivities performed immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 2006] by the Executive Office of Weed and Seed Strategies.’’ § 10104. Weed and Seed strategies (a) In general From amounts made available under section 10103(c) of this title, the Director of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies may implement strat- egies, to be known as Weed and Seed strategies, to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and gang activ- ity in designated Weed-and-Seed communities. Each such strategy shall involve both of the fol- lowing activities: (1) Weeding Activities, to be known as Weeding activi- ties, which shall include promoting and co- ordinating a broad spectrum of community ef- forts (especially those of law enforcement agencies and prosecutors) to arrest, and to sanction or incarcerate, persons in that com- munity who participate or engage in violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, and other crimes that threaten the quality of life in that community. (2) Seeding Activities, to be known as Seeding activi- ties, which shall include promoting and co- ordinating a broad spectrum of community ef-