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type: "LegalText"
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title: "34 U.S.C. § 60303"
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description: "Applications"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 34
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title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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chapter_number: "603"
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chapter_name: "IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF REPRESENTATION IN STATE CAPITAL CASES"
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section: "60303"
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citation: "34 U.S.C. § 60303"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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---
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# 34 U.S.C. § 60303 - Applications
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## Text
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(a) In general The Attorney General shall establish a process through which a State may apply for a grant under this chapter.
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(b) Application (1) In general A State desiring a grant under this chapter shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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(2) Contents Each application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—
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(A) a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State authorizes capital punishment under its laws and conducts, or will conduct, prosecutions in which capital punishment is sought;
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(B) a description of the communities to be served by the grant, including the nature of existing capital defender services and capital prosecution programs within such communities;
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(C) a long-term statewide strategy and detailed implementation plan that—
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(i) reflects consultation with the judiciary, the organized bar, and State and local prosecutor and defender organizations; and
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(ii) establishes as a priority improvement in the quality of trial-level representation of indigents charged with capital crimes and trial-level prosecution of capital crimes;
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(D) in the case of a State that employs a statutory procedure described in section 60301(e)(1)(C) of this title, a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of the applicable State statute; and
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(E) assurances that Federal funds received under this chapter shall be—
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(i) used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under this chapter; and
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(ii) allocated in accordance with section 60306(b) of this title.
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(Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, § 423, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2288.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 14163b of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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