---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 11803"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "11803"
heading: "Approval of applications"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/11803"
units:
  - "Chapter 123 — Drug Abuse Education and Prevention"
  - "Subchapter I — Drug Education and Prevention Relating to Youth Gangs"
---

# §11803. Approval of applications


In selecting among applications submitted under [section 11802(a) of this title](/usc/42/11802.md?p=a), the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall give priority to applicants who propose to carry out [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) and activities—

- (1) for the purposes specified in [section 11801 of this title](/usc/42/11801.md) in geographical areas in which frequent and severe [drug](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4)-related crimes are committed by gangs whose membership is composed primarily of youth, and
- (2) that the applicant demonstrates have the broad support of [community based](/usc/42/11851.md?p=1) organizations in such geographical areas.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–690, title III, § 3503, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4255; Pub. L. 101–204, title X, § 1001(a), Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1826.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1989—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–204 substituted “have” for “that it has”.