---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10494"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10494"
heading: "Applications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10494"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter XXII — Support for Law Enforcement Officers and Families"
---

# §10494. Applications


A [law enforcement](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-23) agency or organization desiring to receive a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) an application at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) may reasonably require. Such application shall—

- (1) certify that the [law enforcement](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-23) agency shall match all Federal funds with an equal amount of cash or in-kind goods or [services](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-51) from other non-Federal sources;
- (2) include a statement from the highest ranking [law enforcement](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-23) official from the [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) or locality or from the highest ranking official from the organization applying for the grant that attests to the need and intended use of [services](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-51) to be provided with grant funds; and
- (3) assure that the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) or the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to all records related to the receipt and use of grant funds received under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 2304, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXI, § 210201(a)(3), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2063.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3796jj–3 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.