(a) Authority to award grantsThe Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice may award grants, in accordance with such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, to State, local, or tribal programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles, including programs to train local law enforcement officers in identifying, investigating, prosecuting, and preventing hate crimes.
(b) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 111–84, div. E, § 4705, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2838.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 3716a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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