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§ 60303. Applications
(a) In general
(b) Application
(1) In general
(2) ContentsEach application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—
(A) a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State authorizes capital punishment under its laws and conducts, or will conduct, prosecutions in which capital punishment is sought;
(B) a description of the communities to be served by the grant, including the nature of existing capital defender services and capital prosecution programs within such communities;
(C) a long-term statewide strategy and detailed implementation plan that—
(i) reflects consultation with the judiciary, the organized bar, and State and local prosecutor and defender organizations; and
(ii) establishes as a priority improvement in the quality of trial-level representation of indigents charged with capital crimes and trial-level prosecution of capital crimes;
(D) in the case of a State that employs a statutory procedure described in section 60301(e)(1)(C) of this title, a certification by an appropriate officer of the State that the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of the applicable State statute; and
(E) assurances that Federal funds received under this chapter shall be—
(i) used to supplement and not supplant non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under this chapter; and
(ii) allocated in accordance with section 60306(b) of this title.
(Pub. L. 108–405, title IV, § 423, Oct. 30, 2004, 118 Stat. 2288.)