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title: "34 U.S.C. § 10496"
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10496"
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# 34 U.S.C. § 10496 - Discretionary research grants

## Text

The Attorney General may reserve 10 percent of funds to award research grants to a State or local law enforcement agency or organization to study issues of importance in the law enforcement field as determined by the Attorney General.

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2306, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210201(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2064.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3796jj–5 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.