---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10445"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10445"
heading: "Staff of Office on Violence Against Women"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10445"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter XIX — Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women"
---

# §10445. Staff of Office on Violence Against Women


The [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall ensure that the Director has adequate staff to support the Director in carrying out the Director’s responsibilities under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2005, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title IV, § 402(3), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1791; amended Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title IX, § 901(d), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 911.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3796gg–0c of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2005 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 2010 and is classified to section 10449 of this title.

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–103 substituted “Office on Violence Against Women” for “Violence Against Women Office” in section catchline.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2022 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 117–103 not effective until Oct. 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after Mar. 15, 2022, see section 4(a) of div. W of Pub. L. 117–103, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6851 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

### Effective Date

Section effective 90 days after Nov. 2, 2002, see section 403 of Pub. L. 107–273, set out as a note under section 10442 of this title.