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title: "34 U.S.C. § 10237"
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 10237 - Limitation on civil justice matters

## Text

Authority of any entity established under this chapter shall extend to civil justice matters only to the extent that such civil justice matters bear directly and substantially upon criminal justice matters or are inextricably intertwined with criminal justice matters.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 818, formerly § 825, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1214; renumbered § 818, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609B(f), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2093.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3789n of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 818 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 812 and is classified to section 10231 of this title.