---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 102702"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "102702"
heading: "Crime prevention assistance"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/102702"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — National Park System"
  - "Division A — Establishment and General Administration"
  - "Chapter 1027 — Law Enforcement and Emergency Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — Law Enforcement"
---

# §102702. Crime prevention assistance

- (a) **Recommendations for Improvement.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) shall direct the chief official responsible for law enforcement within the [Service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) to—
  - (1) compile a list of [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6) with the highest rates of violent crime;
  - (2) make recommendations concerning capital improvements, and other measures, needed within the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5) to reduce the rates of violent crime, including the rate of sexual assault; and
  - (3) publish the information required by paragraphs [(1)](#a-1) and [(2)](#a-2) in the Federal Register.
- (b) **Distribution of Funds.—** Based on the recommendations and list issued pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a), the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) shall distribute the funds authorized by [subsection (d)](#d) throughout the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5). Priority shall be given to areas with the highest rates of sexual assault.
- (c) **Use of Funds.—** Funds provided under this section may be used—
  - (1) to increase lighting within or adjacent to [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6);
  - (2) to provide emergency phone lines to contact law enforcement or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6);
  - (3) to increase security or law enforcement personnel within or adjacent to [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6); or
  - (4) for any other project intended to increase the security and safety of [System units](/usc/54/100102.md?p=6).
- (d) **Authorization of Appropriations.—** There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund not more than $10,000,000 for the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) to take all necessary actions to seek to reduce the incidence of violent crime in the [System](/usc/54/100102.md?p=5).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3161.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 102702 | 16 U.S.C. 1a–7a. | Pub. L. 91–383, § 13, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40132, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1917. |