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Timestamp: 2018-11-17 06:25:44
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§41501', '§2539', '§359', '§41502', '§703', '§41503', '§6', '§507', '§41504', '§104', '§1105', '§8', '§41506', '§1106', '§41507', '§1107', '§251', '§251', '§251', '§251', '§251', '§251', '§41508', '§303']

[USC10] 34 USC Ch. 415: RESOURCE CENTERS, TASK FORCES, DATABASES, AND PROGRAMS
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34 USC Ch. 415: RESOURCE CENTERS, TASK FORCES, DATABASES, AND PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 415—RESOURCE CENTERS, TASK FORCES, DATABASES, AND PROGRAMS
Financial institutions fraud task forces.
Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center.
Fugitive Apprehension Task Forces.
Project Safe Neighborhoods.
Organized retail theft database.
United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force.
National Gang Intelligence Center.
§41501. Financial institutions fraud task forces
The Attorney General shall establish such financial institutions fraud task forces as the Attorney General deems appropriate to ensure that adequate resources are made available to investigate and prosecute crimes in or against financial institutions and to recover the proceeds of unlawful activities from persons who have committed fraud or have engaged in other criminal activity in or against the financial services industry.
The Attorney General shall determine how each task force shall be supervised and may provide for the supervision of any task force by the Special Counsel.
(c) Senior interagency group
The Attorney General shall establish a senior interagency group to assist in identifying the most significant financial institution fraud cases and in allocating investigative and prosecutorial resources where they are most needed.
The senior interagency group shall be chaired by the Special Counsel and shall include senior officials from—
(A) the Department of Justice, including representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys, and other relevant entities;
(D) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
(E) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and
This senior interagency group shall enhance interagency coordination and assist in accelerating the investigations and prosecution of financial institutions fraud.
(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, §2539, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4884; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, §359(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1548.)
Section was formerly classified in a note under section 509 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2010—Subsec. (c)(2)(C) to (H). Pub. L. 111–203, which directed the amendment of subsec. (c)(2) by striking out subpars. (C) and (D) and redesignating subpars. (E) to (H) as "(C) through (G), respectively", was executed by striking subpars. (C) and (D) and redesignating subpars. (E) to (H) as (C) to (F), respectively, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Former subpars. (C) and (D) related to the Office of Thrift Supervision and the Resolution Trust Corporation, respectively.
§41502. Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center
Not later than 90 days after the October 30, 1998, the Attorney General shall establish within the Federal Bureau of Investigation a Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center to be known as the "Morgan P. Hardiman Child Abduction and Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center" (in this section referred to as the "CASMIRC").
The CASMIRC shall be managed by the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime of the Critical Incident Response Group of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this section referred to as the "NCAVC"), and by multidisciplinary resource teams in Federal Bureau of Investigation field offices, in order to provide investigative support through the coordination and provision of Federal law enforcement resources, training, and application of other multidisciplinary expertise, to assist Federal, State, and local authorities in matters involving child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder across the country. The CASMIRC shall be co-located with the NCAVC.
(c) Duties of the CASMIRC
The CASMIRC shall perform such duties as the Attorney General determines appropriate to carry out the purposes of the CASMIRC, including—
(1) identifying, developing, researching, acquiring, and refining multidisciplinary information and specialities to provide for the most current expertise available to advance investigative knowledge and practices used in child abduction, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder investigations;
(2) providing advice and coordinating the application of current and emerging technical, forensic, and other Federal assistance to Federal, State, and local authorities in child abduction, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder investigations;
(3) providing investigative support, research findings, and violent crime analysis to Federal, State, and local authorities in child abduction, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide, and serial murder investigations;
(4) providing, if requested by a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, on site consultation and advice in child abduction, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicide and serial murder investigations;
(5) coordinating the application of resources of pertinent Federal law enforcement agencies, and other Federal entities including, but not limited to, the United States Customs Service, the Secret Service, the Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Marshals Service, as appropriate, and with the concurrence of the agency head to support Federal, State, and local law enforcement involved in child abduction, mysterious disappearance of a child, child homicide, and serial murder investigations;
(6) conducting ongoing research related to child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides, and serial murder, including identification and investigative application of current and emerging technologies, identification of investigative searching technologies and methods for physically locating abducted children, investigative use of offender behavioral assessment and analysis concepts, gathering statistics and information necessary for case identification, trend analysis, and case linkages to advance the investigative effectiveness of outstanding abducted children cases, develop investigative systems to identify and track serious serial offenders that repeatedly victimize children for comparison to unsolved cases, and other investigative research pertinent to child abduction, mysterious disappearance of a child, child homicide, and serial murder covered in this section;
(7) working under the NCAVC in coordination with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to provide appropriate training to Federal, State, and local law enforcement in matters regarding child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides; and
(8) establishing a centralized repository based upon case data reflecting child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides and serial murder submitted by State and local agencies, and an automated system for the efficient collection, retrieval, analysis, and reporting of information regarding CASMIRC investigative resources, research, and requests for and provision of investigative support services.
(d) Appointment of personnel to the CASMIRC
(1) Selection of members of the CASMIRC and participating State and local law enforcement personnel
Each member of the CASMIRC (and each individual from any State or local law enforcement agency appointed to work with the CASMIRC) shall remain as an employee of that member's or individual's respective agency for all purposes (including the purpose of performance review), and service with the CASMIRC shall be without interruption or loss of civil service privilege or status and shall be on a nonreimbursable basis, except if appropriate to reimburse State and local law enforcement for overtime costs for an individual appointed to work with the resource team. Additionally, reimbursement of travel and per diem expenses will occur for State and local law enforcement participation in resident fellowship programs at the NCAVC when offered.
CASMIRC personnel, under the guidance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and in consultation with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children, shall develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training members of the CASMIRC consistent with the purpose of this section. The CASMIRC shall also work with the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to develop a course of instruction for State and local law enforcement personnel to facilitate the dissemination of the most current multidisciplinary expertise in the investigation of child abductions, mysterious disappearances of children, child homicides, and serial murder of children.
One year after the establishment of the CASMIRC, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include—
(1) a description of the goals and activities of the CASMIRC; and
(2) information regarding—
(A) the number and qualifications of the members appointed to the CASMIRC;
(B) the provision of equipment, administrative support, and office space for the CASMIRC; and
(C) the projected resource needs for the CASMIRC.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and 2001.
(Pub. L. 105–314, title VII, §703(a)–(f), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2987–2989.)
Section is comprised of subsecs. (a) to (f) of section 703 of Pub. L. 105–314. Subsec. (g) of section 703 repealed section 5776a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and provisions set out as notes under sections 5601 and 5776a of Title 42.
§41503. Fugitive Apprehension Task Forces
(c) Other existing applicable law
(Pub. L. 106–544, §6, Dec. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 2718; Pub. L. 110–177, title V, §507, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2543.)
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.
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".
§41504. Project Safe Neighborhoods
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.)
For purposes of this section, "organized retail theft" means—
(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.)
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".
§41506. United States-Mexico Border Violence 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.
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.)
§41507. National Gang Intelligence Center
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—
(2) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives;
(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.
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.
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.)
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.
§41508. Grants to States for threat assessment databases
For purposes of subsection (a), a threat assessment database is a database through which a State can—
(Pub. L. 110–177, title III, §303, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2540.)
Section was formerly classified to section 3714a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.