34 U.S.C. § 20108 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 34. Crime Control and Law Enforcement § 20108. Crime victims notification grants

(a)In general

The Director may make grants as provided in section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title to State, tribal, and local prosecutors' offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement state-of-the-art systems for notifying victims of crime of important dates and developments relating to the criminal proceedings at issue in a timely and efficient manner, provided that the jurisdiction has laws substantially equivalent to the provisions of chapter 237 of Title 18.

(b)Integration of systems

Systems developed and implemented under this section may be integrated with existing case management systems operated by the recipient of the grant.

(c)Authorization of appropriations

In addition to funds made available under section 20101(d) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section--

(d)False Claims Act

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections 3729 through 3731 of Title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.