---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 20108"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "20108"
heading: "Crime victims notification grants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/20108"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 201 — Victim Rights, Compensation, and Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Crime Victims Fund"
---

# §20108. Crime victims notification grants

- (a) **In general—** The Director may make grants as provided in [section 20103(c)(1)(A) of this title](/usc/34/20103.md?p=c-1-A) to [State](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3), tribal, and local prosecutors’ offices, [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement [state](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3)-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](/usc/34/21502.md?p=6) 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](/usc/34/20101.md?p=d), there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—
  - (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
  - (2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
- (d) **False Claims Act—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections [3729](/usc/31/3729.md) through [3731](/usc/31/3731.md) of title 31 (commonly known as the “False Claims Act”) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1404E, as added Pub. L. 108–405, title I, § 103(c), Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2265.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 10603e of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.