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34 U.S.C. § 41503 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41503. Fugitive Apprehension Task Forces
(a) In general
The Attorney General shall, upon consultation with appropriate Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury law enforcement components, establish permanent Fugitive Apprehension Task Forces consisting of Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities in designated regions of the United States, to be directed and coordinated by the United States Marshals Service, for the purpose of locating and apprehending fugitives.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for the United States Marshals Service to carry out the provisions of this section $30,000,000 for the fiscal year 2001, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2003, and $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.
(c) Other existing applicable law
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit any existing authority under any other provision of Federal or State law for law enforcement agencies to locate or apprehend fugitives through task forces or any other means.
(Pub. L. 106–544, § 6, Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2718; Pub. L. 110–177, title V, § 507, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2543.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 566 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 2008—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–177 struck out “and” after “fiscal year 2002,” and inserted before period at end “, and $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012”.
34 U.S.C. § 41504 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41504. Project Safe Neighborhoods
(a) In general
The Attorney General shall establish a program for each United States Attorney to provide for coordination with State and local law enforcement officials in the identification and prosecution of violations of Federal firearms laws including school gun violence and juvenile gun offenses.
(b) Authorization for hiring 94 additional Assistant United States Attorneys
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 to hire an additional Assistant United States Attorney in each United States Attorney Office.
(Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title I, § 104, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1766.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 509 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 41505 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41505. Organized retail theft database
(a) National data
(1) The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in consultation with the retail community, shall establish a task force to combat organized retail theft and provide expertise to the retail community for the establishment of a national database or clearinghouse housed and maintained in the private sector to track and identify where organized retail theft type crimes are being committed in the United Sates.1 The national database shall allow Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials as well as authorized retail companies (and authorized associated retail databases) to transmit information into the database electronically and to review information that has been submitted electronically.
(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological costs to federal law enforcement agencies participating in the database project.
(3) The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs may make grants to help provide for the administrative and technological costs to State and local law enforcement agencies participating in the data base 2 project.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009, $5,000,000 for educating and training federal law enforcement regarding organized retail theft, for investigating, apprehending and prosecuting individuals engaged in organized retail theft, and for working with the private sector to establish and utilize the database described in subsection (a).
(c) Definition of organized retail theft
For purposes of this section, “organized retail theft” means—
(1) the violation of a State prohibition on retail merchandise theft or shoplifting, if the violation consists of the theft of quantities of items that would not normally be purchased for personal use or consumption and for the purpose of reselling the items or for reentering the items into commerce;
(2) the receipt, possession, concealment, bartering, sale, transport, or disposal of any property that is know 3 or should be known to have been taken in violation of paragraph (1); or
(3) the coordination, organization, or recruitment of persons to undertake the conduct described in paragraph (1) or (2).
(Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1105, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3092; Pub. L. 109–271, § 8(a), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 766.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 509 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 2006—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109–271 substituted “The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the Office of Justice Programs may” for “The Attorney General through the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Office of Justice may”.
34 U.S.C. § 41506 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41506. United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force
(a) Task Force
(1) The Attorney General shall establish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to the law enforcement and homeland security agencies along the border between the United States and Mexico. The Task Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agencies (as appropriate), the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement agencies.
(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies participating in the Task Force.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for—
(1) the establishment and operation of the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force; and
(2) the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of individuals engaged in drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico.
(Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1106, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3093.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 509 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 41507 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41507. National Gang Intelligence Center
(a) Establishment
The Attorney General shall establish a National Gang Intelligence Center and gang information database to be housed at and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect, analyze, and disseminate gang activity information from—
(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(2) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
(3) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
(4) the Bureau of Prisons;
(5) the United States Marshals Service;
(6) the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security of the Department of Homeland Security;
(7) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(8) the Office of Justice Services of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
(9) tribal, State, and local law enforcement;
(10) Federal, tribal, State, and local prosecutors;
(11) Federal, tribal, State, and local probation and parole offices;
(12) Federal, tribal, State, and local prisons and jails; and
(13) any other entity as appropriate.
(b) Information
The Center established under subsection (a) shall make available the information referred to in subsection (a) to—
(1) Federal, tribal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;
(2) Federal, tribal, State, and local corrections agencies and penal institutions;
(3) Federal, tribal, State, and local prosecutorial agencies; and
(4) any other entity as appropriate.
(c) Annual report
The Center established under subsection (a) shall annually submit to Congress a report on gang activity.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and for each fiscal year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1107, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3093; Pub. L. 111–211, title II, § 251(a), July 29, 2010, 124 Stat. 2297.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 534 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 2010—Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 111–211, § 251(a)(1)(A), (B), added par. (8) and redesignated former par. (8) as (9).
Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 111–211, § 251(a)(1)(A), (C), redesignated par. (8) as (9) and substituted “tribal, State,” for “State”. Former par. (9) redesignated (10).
Subsec. (a)(10) to (12). Pub. L. 111–211, § 251(a)(1)(A), (D), redesignated pars. (9) to (11) as (10) to (12), respectively, and inserted “tribal,” before “State,” wherever appearing. Former par. (12) redesignated (13).
Subsec. (a)(13). Pub. L. 111–211, § 251(a)(1)(A), redesignated par. (12) as (13).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–211, § 251(a)(2), inserted “tribal,” before “State,” wherever appearing.
34 U.S.C. § 41508 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 41508. Grants to States for threat assessment databases
(a) In general
The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall make grants under this section to the highest State courts in States participating in the program, for the purpose of enabling such courts to establish and maintain a threat assessment database described in subsection (b).
(b) Database
For purposes of subsection (a), a threat assessment database is a database through which a State can—
(1) analyze trends and patterns in domestic terrorism and crime;
(2) project the probabilities that specific acts of domestic terrorism or crime will occur; and
(3) develop measures and procedures that can effectively reduce the probabilities that those acts will occur.
(c) Core elements
The Attorney General shall define a core set of data elements to be used by each database funded by this section so that the information in the database can be effectively shared with other States and with the Department of Justice.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
(Pub. L. 110–177, title III, § 303, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2540.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 3714a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50101 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50101. Application for assistance
(a) State as applicant
In the event that a law enforcement emergency exists throughout a State or a part of a State, a State (on behalf of itself or another appropriate unit of government) may submit an application under this section for Federal law enforcement assistance.
(b) Execution of application; period for action of Attorney General on application
An application for assistance under this section shall be submitted in writing by the chief executive officer of a State to the Attorney General, in a form prescribed by rules issued by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall, after consultation with the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs and appropriate members of the Federal law enforcement community, approve or disapprove such application not later than 10 days after receiving such application.
(c) Criteria
Federal law enforcement assistance may be provided if such assistance is necessary to provide an adequate response to a law enforcement emergency. In determining whether to approve or disapprove an application for assistance under this section, the Attorney General shall consider—
(1) the nature and extent of such emergency throughout a State or in any part of a State,
(2) the situation or extraordinary circumstances which produced such emergency,
(3) the availability of State and local criminal justice resources to resolve the problem,
(4) the cost associated with the increased Federal presence,
(5) the need to avoid unnecessary Federal involvement and intervention in matters primarily of State and local concern, and
(6) any assistance which the State or other appropriate unit of government has received, or could receive, under any provision of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.].
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609M, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2103; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1113, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3103.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, referred to in subsec. (c)(6), is Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197. Title I of the Act is classified principally to chapter 101 (§ 10101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1968 Act note set out under section 10101 of this title and Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10501 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–162 substituted “the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs” for “the Director of the Office of Justice Assistance”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date
text: Chapter effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.
34 U.S.C. § 50103 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50103. Limitation on authority
(a) Federal investigations
Nothing in this chapter authorizes the use of Federal law enforcement personnel to investigate violations of criminal law other than violations with respect to which investigation is authorized by other provisions of law.
(b) Federal supervision
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Attorney General or the Federal law enforcement community to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over any police force or other criminal justice agency of an applicant for Federal law enforcement assistance.
(c) Racial balance in criminal justice agencies
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the Attorney General or the Federal law enforcement community—
(1) to condition the availability or amount of Federal law enforcement assistance upon the adoption by an applicant for such assistance of, or
(2) to deny or discontinue such assistance upon the failure of such applicant to adopt,
a percentage ratio, quota system, or other program to achieve racial balance in any criminal justice agency of such applicant.
(d) Federal supplantation of State funds
No funds provided under this chapter may be used to supplant State or local funds that would otherwise be made available for such purposes.
(e) Other authorities unaffected
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit any authority to provide emergency assistance otherwise provided by law.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609O, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2105.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10503 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50104 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50104. Prohibition of discrimination
(a) Federally assisted emergency assistance activities
No person in any State shall, on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, be subjected to discrimination under, or be denied employment in connection with any activity for which Federal law enforcement assistance is provided under this chapter.
(b) Provisions of section 10228(c)(3) and (4) of this title applicable to violations
Paragraph (3) and paragraph (4) of section 10228(c) of this title shall apply with respect to a violation of subsection (a), except that the terms “this section” and “paragraph (1)”, as such terms appear in such paragraphs, shall be deemed to be references to subsection (a) of this section, and a reference to the Office of Justice Programs in such paragraphs shall be deemed to be a reference to the Attorney General.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609P, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2105.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10504 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50105 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50105. Confidentiality of information
Section 10231 of this title shall apply with respect to—
(1) information furnished under this chapter,
(2) criminal history information collected, stored, or disseminated with the support of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter, and
(3) criminal intelligence systems operating with the support of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter,
except that the terms “this chapter” and “this section”, as such terms appear in such section 10231 of this title, shall be deemed to be references to this chapter and this section, respectively, and a reference to the Office of Justice Programs in such section 10231 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Attorney General.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609Q, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2105.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10505 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50106 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50106. Prohibition of land acquisition
No funds provided under this chapter shall be used for land acquisition.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609R, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10506 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50107 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50107. Repayment
(a) Violation of conditions; amount
If Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter is used by the recipient of such assistance in violation of section 50104 1 of this title or for any purpose other than the purpose for which it is provided, then such recipient shall promptly repay to the Attorney General an amount equal to the value of such assistance.
(b) Civil action
The Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States district court to recover any amount required to be repaid under subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609S, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: Section 50104 of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to “section 554”, and was translated as if it had been a reference to section 609P of Pub. L. 98–473, which is classified to section 50104 of this title to reflect the probable intent of Congress as manifested in earlier versions of Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance provisions introduced in the Congress. Pub. L. 98–473 does not contain a section 554.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10507 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50108 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50108. Recordkeeping requirement
(a) Each recipient of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter shall keep such records as the Attorney General may prescribe to facilitate an effective audit.
(b) The Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, and records of recipients of Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter which, in the opinion of the Attorney General or the Comptroller General, are related to the receipt or use of such assistance.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609T, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10508 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50109 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50109. Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may assist the Attorney General in providing Federal law enforcement assistance under this chapter and in coordinating the activities authorized under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609V, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10510 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title.
34 U.S.C. § 50110 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50110. Limitation on civil justice matters
Federal law enforcement assistance provided under this chapter may not be used with respect to civil justice matters except to the extent that such civil justice matters bear directly and substantially upon criminal justice matters or are inextricably intertwined with criminal justice matters.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609W, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2106.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10511 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
34 U.S.C. § 50111 (CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT)
§ 50111. Issuance of rules
The Attorney General, after consultation with appropriate members of the law enforcement community and with State and local officials, shall issue rules to carry out this chapter.
(Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 609X, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2107.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 10512 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.