Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/420

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104 STAT. 4810 PUBLIC LAW 101-647—NOV. 29, 1990 Subtitle F—Grants for Televised Testimony Intergovernmental relations. SEC. 241. GRANTS FOR CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISING OF TESTIMONY OF CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.— Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended— 100 Stat. (1) in part N— 3207-41. OS. (A) in the heading by striking "PART N" and inserting "PART O", and 42 USC 3797. kfc-j (B) by redesignating section 1401 as 1501, and (2) by inserting after part M the following: ' "PART N—GRANTS FOR CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISING OF TESTIMONY A OF CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE 42 USC 3796aa. 42 USC 3796aa-l. 42 USC 3796aa-2. FUNCTION OF THE DIRECTOR "SEC. 1401. The Director shall provide funds to eligible States and units of local government pursuant to this part. "DESCRIPTION OF GRANT PROGRAM ' ', "SEC. 1402. The Director is authorized to make grants to States, for the use of States and units of local government in the States to provide equipment and personnel training for the closed-circuit televising and video taping of the testimony of children in criminal proceedings for the violation of laws relating to the abuse of children. "APPLICATIONS TO RECEIVE GRANTS "SEC. 1403. To request a grant under section 1402, the chief executive officer of a State shall submit to the Director an application at such time and in such form as the Director may require. Such application shall include— "(1) a certification that Federal funds made available under section 1402 of this title will not be used to supplant State or ^f local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such I funds that would, in the absence of such funds, be made available for criminal proceedings for the violation of laws relating to the abuse of children; "(2) a certification that funds required to pay the non-Federal portion of the cost of equipment and personnel training for which such grant is made shall be in addition to funds that gj would otherwise be made available by the recipients of grant funds for criminal proceedings for the violation of laws relating to the abuse of children; "(3) an assurance that the State application described in this section, and any amendment to such application, has been f submitted for review to the State legislature or its designated body (for purposes of this section, such application or amendment shall be deemed to be reviewed if the State legislature or such body does not review such application or amendment within the 60-day period beginning on the date such application or amendment is so submitted); and