Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 42 : Section 1997g


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1997g. Priorities for use of funds

      It is the intent of Congress that deplorable conditions in
    institutions covered by this subchapter amounting to deprivations
    of rights protected by the Constitution or laws of the United
    States be corrected, not only by litigation as contemplated in this
    subchapter, but also by the voluntary good faith efforts of
    agencies of Federal, State, and local governments. It is the
    further intention of Congress that where Federal funds are
    available for use in improving such institutions, priority should
    be given to the correction or elimination of such unconstitutional
    or illegal conditions which may exist. It is not the intent of this
    provision to require the redirection of funds from one program to
    another or from one State to another.



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