---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10651a"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10651a"
heading: "Veteran Treatment Court Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10651a"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter XXXIII — Adult and Juvenile Collaboration Program Grants"
---

# §10651a. Veteran Treatment Court Program

- (a) **Establishment—** Subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall establish and carry out a Veteran [Treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance to court systems that—
  - (1) have adopted a Veterans [Treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) Court Program; or
  - (2) have filed a notice of intent to establish a Veterans [Treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) Court Program with the Secretary.
- (b) **Purpose—** The purpose of the Veterans [Treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) Court Program established under [subsection (a)](#a) is to ensure the Department of Justice has a single office to coordinate the provision of grants, training, and technical assistance to help [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7), local, and [Tribal governments](/usc/34/11103.md?p=45) to develop and maintain veteran [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) [courts](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-7).
- (c) **Programs included—** The Veterans [Treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) Court Program established under [subsection (a)](#a) shall include the grant programs relating to veterans [treatment](/usc/34/11103.md?p=15) [courts](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-7) carried out by the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) pursuant to sections [10651](/usc/34/10651.md) and [10701](/usc/34/10701.md) of this title or any other provision of law.
- (d) **Regulations—** The [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–153, § 3, Aug. 8, 2020, 134 Stat. 688.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019, and not as part of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 which comprises this chapter.