34 U.S.C. § 10131 — Statement of purpose

Page 38 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10123 PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 202 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 198; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 198, provided for making of grants to State planning agencies, prior to the general amendment of this chap- ter by Pub. L. 96–157. AMENDMENTS 2012—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–166 struck out ‘‘, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate’’ before pe- riod at end of first sentence. 2002—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 107–296, § 237(1), inserted ‘‘, including cost effectiveness where practical,’’ after ‘‘evaluate the effectiveness’’. Subsec. (c)(10), (11). Pub. L. 107–296, § 237(2), added pars. (10) and (11). 1994—Subsec. (c)(2)(E). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘crime,’’ for ‘‘crime,,’’. 1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(1), required Director to report to Attorney General through Assist- ant Attorney General. Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(A)(i), struck out ‘‘, including programs authorized by section 3713 of this title’’ after ‘‘system goals’’. Subsec. (c)(2)(E). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(A)(ii), struck out ‘‘the prevention and reduction of parental kidnaping’’ after ‘‘reduction of crime,’’. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(B), substituted ‘‘chapter’’ for ‘‘subchapter’’. Subsec. (c)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(C), (F), redesignated pars. (5) to (8) as (4) to (7), respectively, and struck out former par. (4) relating to evaluation of programs and projects under other subchapters of this chapter to determine their impact upon criminal and civil justice systems and achievement of purposes and policies of this chapter and for dissemination of infor- mation. Subsec. (c)(8). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(D)(i), (ii), (F), redesignated par. (10) as (8) and, in par. (8) as so des- ignated, struck out ‘‘nationality priority grants under subchapter V of this chapter and’’ after ‘‘for funding as’’ and substituted ‘‘subchapter V’’ for ‘‘subchapter VI’’. Former par. (8) redesignated (7). Subsec. (c)(9). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(E), (F), redes- ignated par. (11) as (9), and struck out former par. (9) relating to a biennial report to President and Congress on state of justice research. Subsec. (c)(10), (11). Pub. L. 98–473, § 604(b)(2)(F), redes- ignated pars. (10) and (11) as (8) and (9), respectively. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2012 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Do- mestic Security. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Ef- fective Date note under section 10101 of this title. § 10123. Authority for 100 per centum grants A grant authorized under this subchapter may be up to 100 per centum of the total cost of each project for which such grant is made. The Insti- tute shall require, whenever feasible, as a condi- tion of approval of a grant under this sub- chapter, that the recipient contribute money, facilities, or services to carry out the purposes for which the grant is sought. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 203, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1174.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3723 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 203 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 199; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 3(a)–(c), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1881; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 198; Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 542, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, § 105, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2408; Pub. L. 95–115, § 9(b), Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1061, provided for establishment of State planning agen- cies, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–157. SUBCHAPTER III—BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS § 10131. Statement of purpose It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for and encourage the collection and analysis of statistical information concerning crime, juve- nile delinquency, and the operation of the crimi- nal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system and to support the develop- ment of information and statistical systems at the Federal, State, and local levels to improve the efforts of these levels of government to measure and understand the levels of crime, ju- venile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice system and related aspects of the civil justice system. The Bureau shall utilize to the maximum extent feasible State govern- mental organizations and facilities responsible for the collection and analysis of criminal jus- tice data and statistics. In carrying out the pro- visions of this subchapter, the Bureau shall give primary emphasis to the problems of State and local justice systems. (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 301, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1176; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2079.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 3731 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to edi- torial reclassification and renumbering as this section. PRIOR PROVISIONS A prior section 301 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 199; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 4(1)–(4), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1882; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 199; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, §§ 109, 128(b), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2411, 2424, related to purposes and categories of grants for law enforcement and criminal justice pur- poses, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–157. AMENDMENTS 1984—Pub. L. 98–473 struck out ‘‘(including white-col- lar crime and public corruption)’’ after ‘‘information Page 39 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 10132 concerning crime’’ and ‘‘(including crimes against the elderly, white-collar crime, and public corruption)’’ after ‘‘levels of crime’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an Ef- fective Date note under section 10101 of this title. § 10132. Bureau of Justice Statistics (a) Establishment There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the At- torney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as ‘‘Bureau’’). (b) Appointment of Director; experience; author- ity; restrictions The Bureau shall be headed by a Director ap- pointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall be re- sponsible for the integrity of data and statistics and shall protect against improper or illegal use or disclosure. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attor- ney General. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act. (c) Duties and functions of Bureau The Bureau is authorized to— (1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private orga- nizations, or private individuals for purposes related to this subchapter; grants shall be made subject to continuing compliance with standards for gathering justice statistics set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director; (2) collect and analyze information con- cerning criminal victimization, including crimes against the elderly, and civil disputes; (3) collect and analyze data that will serve as a continuous and comparable national so- cial indication of the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attributes of crime, juvenile delinquency, civil disputes, and other statistical factors related to crime, civil disputes, and juvenile delinquency, in support of national, State, tribal, and local justice policy and decisionmaking; (4) collect and analyze statistical informa- tion, concerning the operations of the crimi- nal justice system at the Federal, State, trib- al, and local levels; (5) collect and analyze statistical informa- tion concerning the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attributes of crime, and juvenile delinquency, at the Fed- eral, State, tribal, and local levels; (6) analyze the correlates of crime, civil dis- putes and juvenile delinquency, by the use of statistical information, about criminal and civil justice systems at the Federal, State, tribal, and local levels, and about the extent, distribution and attributes of crime, and juve- nile delinquency, in the Nation and at the Federal, State, tribal, and local levels; (7) compile, collate, analyze, publish, and disseminate uniform national statistics con- cerning all aspects of criminal justice and re- lated aspects of civil justice, crime, including crimes against the elderly, juvenile delin- quency, criminal offenders, juvenile delinquents, and civil disputes in the various States and in Indian country; (8) recommend national standards for justice statistics and for insuring the reliability and validity of justice statistics supplied pursuant to this chapter; (9) maintain liaison with the judicial branches of the Federal Government and State and tribal governments in matters relating to justice statistics, and cooperate with the judi- cial branch in assuring as much uniformity as feasible in statistical systems of the executive and judicial branches; (10) provide information to the President, the Congress, the judiciary, State, tribal, and local governments, and the general public on justice statistics; (11) establish or assist in the establishment of a system to provide State, tribal, and local governments with access to Federal informa- tional resources useful in the planning, imple- mentation, and evaluation of programs under this Act; (12) conduct or support research relating to methods of gathering or analyzing justice sta- tistics; (13) provide for the development of justice information systems programs and assistance to the States, Indian tribes, and units of local government relating to collection, analysis, or dissemination of justice statistics; (14) develop and maintain a data processing capability to support the collection, aggrega- tion, analysis and dissemination of informa- tion on the incidence of crime and the oper- ation of the criminal justice system; (15) collect, analyze and disseminate com- prehensive Federal justice transaction statis- tics (including statistics on issues of Federal justice interest such as public fraud and high technology crime) and to provide technical as- sistance to and work jointly with other Fed- eral agencies to improve the availability and quality of Federal justice data; (16) provide for the collection, compilation, analysis, publication and dissemination of in- formation and statistics about the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution and at- tributes of drug offenses, drug related offenses and drug dependent offenders and further pro- vide for the establishment of a national clear- inghouse to maintain and update a com- prehensive and timely data base on all crimi- nal justice aspects of the drug crisis and to disseminate such information; (17) provide for the collection, analysis, dis- semination and publication of statistics on the condition and progress of drug control activi- ties at the Federal, State, tribal, and local lev-