---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch46"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 46"
heading: "Justice System Improvement"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch46"
sections_count: 251
---

# Chapter 46 — Justice System Improvement

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§3701. Repealed.](/usc/42/3701.md)
- [§3702. Transferred](/usc/42/3702.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Office of Justice Programs](/usc/42/ch46-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — National Institute of Justice](/usc/42/ch46-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Bureau of Justice Statistics](/usc/42/ch46-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance](/usc/42/ch46-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant Programs](/usc/42/ch46-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Criminal Justice Facility Construction: Pilot Program](/usc/42/ch46-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Fbi Training of State and Local Criminal Justice Personnel](/usc/42/ch46-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Administrative Provisions](/usc/42/ch46-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Definitions](/usc/42/ch46-schIX.md)
- [Subchapter X — Funding](/usc/42/ch46-schX.md)
- [Subchapter XI — Criminal Penalties](/usc/42/ch46-schXI.md)
- [Subchapter XII — Public Safety Officers’ Death Benefits](/usc/42/ch46-schXII.md)
- [Subchapter XII–A — Regional Information Sharing Systems](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-A.md)
- [Subchapter XII–B — Grants for Closed-Circuit Televising of Testimony of Children Who Are Victims of Abuse](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-B.md)
- [Subchapter XII–C — Rural Drug Enforcement](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-C.md)
- [Subchapter XII–D — Criminal Child Support Enforcement](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-D.md)
- [Subchapter XII–E — Public Safety and Community Policing; “cops on the Beat”](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-E.md)
- [Subchapter XII–F — Juvenile Accountability Block Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-F.md)
- [Subchapter XII–G — Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-G.md)
- [Subchapter XII–H — Grants to Combat Violent Crimes Against Women](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-H.md)
- [Subchapter XII–I — Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-I.md)
- [Subchapter XII–J — Mental Health Courts](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-J.md)
- [Subchapter XII–K — Family Support](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-K.md)
- [Subchapter XII–L — Dna Identification Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-L.md)
- [Subchapter XII–M — Matching Grant Program for Law Enforcement Armor Vests](/usc/42/ch46-schXII-M.md)
- [Subchapter XIII — Transition; Effective Date; Repealer](/usc/42/ch46-schXIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIV — Matching Grant Program for School Security](/usc/42/ch46-schXIV.md)
- [Subchapter XV — Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXV.md)
- [Subchapter XV–A — Mental Health and Drug Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration Programs](/usc/42/ch46-schXV-A.md)
- [Subchapter XV–B — Grants for Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment](/usc/42/ch46-schXV-B.md)
- [Subchapter XVI — Drug Courts](/usc/42/ch46-schXVI.md)
- [Subchapter XVII — Offender Reentry and Community Safety](/usc/42/ch46-schXVII.md)
- [Subchapter XVIII — Crime Free Rural State Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXVIII.md)
- [Subchapter XIX — Adult and Juvenile Collaboration Program Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXIX.md)
- [Subchapter XX — Confronting Use of Methamphetamine](/usc/42/ch46-schXX.md)
- [Subchapter XX–A — Loan Repayment for Prosecutors and Public Defenders](/usc/42/ch46-schXX-A.md)
- [Subchapter XX–B — Grant Program to Evaluate and Improve Educational Methods at Prisons, Jails, and Juvenile Facilities](/usc/42/ch46-schXX-B.md)
- [Subchapter XXI — Sex Offender Apprehension Grants; Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Grants](/usc/42/ch46-schXXI.md)
- [Subchapter XXII — Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program](/usc/42/ch46-schXXII.md)