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34 U.S.C. § 11296 — Oversight and accountability
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All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are authorized under this subchapter shall be subject to the following:
(1) **Audit requirement** — For 2 of the fiscal years in the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of the recipient of grants under this subchapter to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse by the grantee.
(2) **Mandatory exclusion** — If the recipient of grant funds under this subchapter is found to have an unresolved audit finding, then that entity shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this subchapter during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month period described in paragraph (4).
(3) **Repayment of grant funds** — If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—
(A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and
(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
(4) **Defined term** — In this section, the term “unresolved audit finding” means an audit report finding in the final report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within a 12-month period beginning on the date when the final audit report is issued.
(5) **Nonprofit organization requirements**
(A) *Definition* — For purposes of this section and the grant programs described in this subchapter, the term “nonprofit”, relating to an entity, means
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All grants awarded by the Department of Justice that are authorized under this subchapter shall be subject to the following:
(1) **Audit requirement** — For 2 of the fiscal years in the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of the recipient of grants under this subchapter to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse by the grantee.
(2) **Mandatory exclusion** — If the recipient of grant funds under this subchapter is found to have an unresolved audit finding, then that entity shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this subchapter during the 2 fiscal years beginning after the 12-month period described in paragraph (4).
(3) **Repayment of grant funds** — If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—
(A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and
(B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
(4) **Defined term** — In this section, the term “unresolved audit finding” means an audit report finding in the final report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within a 12-month period beginning on the date when the final audit report is issued.
(5) **Nonprofit organization requirements**
(A) *Definition* — For purposes of this section and the grant programs described in this subchapter, the term “nonprofit”, relating to an entity, means the entity is described in [section 501(c)(3) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section501/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim) and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.
(B) *Prohibition* — The Attorney General shall not award a grant under any grant program described in this subchapter to a nonprofit organization that holds money in off-shore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in [section 511(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section511/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) *Disclosure* — Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this subchapter and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations under section 53.4958–6 of title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness of the compensation for its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information available for public inspection.
(6) **Conference expenditures**
(A) *Limitation* — No amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subchapter may be used to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or principal deputy director as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.
(B) *Written approval* — Written approval under subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food and beverages, audio/visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment.
(C) *Report* — The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved by operation of this paragraph.
(7) **Prohibition on lobbying activity**
(A) *In general* — Amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subchapter may not be utilized by any grant recipient to—
(i) lobby any representative of the Department of Justice regarding the award of any grant funding; or
(ii) lobby any representative of a Federal, State, local, or tribal government regarding the award of grant funding.
(B) *Penalty* — If the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant under this subchapter has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—
(i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; and
(ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another grant under this subchapter for not less than 5 years.
(C) *Clarification* — For purposes of this paragraph, submitting an application for a grant under this subchapter shall not be considered lobbying activity in violation of subparagraph (A).
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The Congress finds that—
(1) each year tens of thousands of children run away, or are abducted or removed, from the control of a parent having legal custody without the consent of that parent, under circumstances which immediately place the child in grave danger;
(2) many missing children are at great risk of both physical harm and sexual exploitation;
(3) many missing children are runaways;
(4) growing numbers of children are the victims of child sexual exploitation, including child sex trafficking and sextortion, increasingly involving the use of new technology to access the Internet;
(5) children may be separated from their parents or legal guardians as a result of national disasters such as hurricanes and floods;
(6) sex offenders pose a threat to children; and
(7) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention administers programs under this subchapter, including programs that prevent and address offenses committed against vulnerable children and support missing children’s organizations, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that—
(A) serves as a nonprofit, national resource center and clearinghouse to provide assistance to victims, families, child-serving professionals, and the general public;
(B) works with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Marshals Service, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of State, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Secret Service, the United States Postal Inspection Service, other agencies, and nongovernmental organizations in the effort to find missing children and to prevent child victimization; and
(C) coordinates with each of the missing children clearinghouses operated by the 50 States, the District
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**(a) In general** To carry out the provisions of this subchapter, there are authorized to be appropriated $49,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, up to $41,500,000 of which shall be used to carry out [section 11293(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11293/b&num=0&edition=prelim) for each such fiscal year.
**(b) Evaluation** The Administrator may use not more than 5 percent of the amount appropriated for a fiscal year under subsection (a) to conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs and activities established and operated under this subchapter.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Codification
Section 5776a was editorially reclassified as [section 11296 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11296&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.
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There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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**(a) Required reporting** As a condition of receiving funds under [section 11293(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11293/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the grant recipient shall, based solely on reports received by the grantee and not involving any data collection by the grantee other than those reports, annually provide to the Administrator and make available to the general public, as appropriate—
(1) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing;
(2) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of non-family abductions;
(3) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as victims of family abductions;
(4) the number of missing children recovered nationwide whose recovery was reported to the grantee;
(5) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care;
(6) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care whose recovery was reported to the grantee; and
(7) the number of children nationwide who are reported to the grantee as missing from State-sponsored care and are likely victims of child sex trafficking.
**(b) Incidence of attempted child abductions** As a condition of receiving funds under [section 11293(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section11293/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the grant recipient shall—
(1) track the incidence of attempted child abductions in order to identify links and patterns;
(2) provide such information to law enforcement agencies; and
(3) make such information available to the general public, as appropriate.
**(c) Criteria for forensic partn
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TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
§ 11296
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 100–690 effective Oct. 1, 1988,
see section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690, set out as a note
under section 11101 of this title.
§ 11295a. Reporting
(a) Required reporting
As a condition of receiving funds under section
11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall,
based solely on reports received by the grantee
and not involving any data collection by the
grantee other than those reports, annually pro-
vide to the Administrator and make available to
the general public, as appropriate—
(1) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as missing;
(2) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as victims of non-
family abductions;
(3) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as victims of fam-
ily abductions;
(4) the number of missing children recovered
nationwide whose recovery was reported to the
grantee;
(5) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as missing from
State-sponsored care;
(6) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as missing from
State-sponsored care whose recovery was re-
ported to the grantee; and
(7) the number of children nationwide who
are reported to the grantee as missing from
State-sponsored care and are likely victims of
child sex trafficking.
(b) Incidence of attempted child abductions
As a condition of receiving funds under section
11293(b) of this title, the grant recipient shall—
(1) track the incidence of attempted child
abductions in order to identify links and pat-
terns;
(2) provide such information to law enforce-
ment agencies; an
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