The Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to distribute funds to help offset the costs of an adequate response to an uncommon situation which requires law enforcement, which is or threatens to become of serious or epidemic proportions, and with respect to which state and local resources are inadequate
credit:
to protect the lives and property of citizens, or to enforce the criminal law.
Statutory Authority:
34 U.S.C.
§§ 50101-50112; Public Law 115-141, 132 Stat.
348, 420; Public Law 116-6, 133 Stat.
13, 112