34 U.S.C. § 10251
General provisions
United States · Title 34 — CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT · Status: effective
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- 34 U.S.C. § 10251, General provisions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469843
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As used in this chapter—
“unit of local government” means—
any law enforcement district or judicial enforcement district that—
for the purposes of assistance eligibility, any agency of the government of the District of Columbia or the Federal Government that performs law enforcement functions in and for—
the term “residential substance abuse treatment program” means a course of individual and group activities, lasting between 6 and 12 months, in residential treatment facilities set apart from the general prison population—
the term “mental or behavioral health or suicidal crisis”—
means a situation in which the behavior of a person—
includes a situation in which a person—
the term “covered mental health professional” means a mental health professional working on a crisis intervention team—
Where appropriate, the definitions in subsection (a) shall be based, with respect to any fiscal year, on the most recent data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and the latest published reports of the Office of Management and Budget available ninety days prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. The Office may by regulation change or otherwise modify the meaning of the terms defined in subsection (a) in order to reflect any technical change or modification thereof made subsequent to such date by the United States Bureau of the Census or the Office of Management and Budget.
One or more public agencies, including existing local public agencies, may be designated by the chief executive officer of a State or a unit of local government to undertake a program or project in whole or in part.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Justice System Improvement Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, to amend the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to provide for the governance of the insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Palau Compact of Free Association Implementation ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Crime Control Act of 1990House: 313–1Senate: no recorded tally
- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
- Higher Education Amendments of 1998
- Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
- Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005House: 415–4Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022House: 264–162Senate: no recorded tally