Us Code § 21303 - Increased funding for formula grants authorized
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§ 21303. Increased funding for formula grants authorized
The Attorney General shall increase the amount provided to a State under the covered formula grants in accordance with this chapter if the State has in place a law that allows the mother of any child that was conceived through rape to seek court-ordered termination of the parental rights of her rapist with regard to that child, which the court is authorized to grant upon clear and convincing evidence of rape.
(Pub. L. 114–22, title IV, §404, May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 257.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 14043h–2 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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