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CHAPTER 101⁠—JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT — Front Matter

Chap.Sec.
10101.Establishment of Office of Justice Programs.
10102.Duties and functions of Assistant Attorney General.
10103.Office of Weed and Seed Strategies.
10104.Weed and Seed strategies.
10105.Inclusion of Indian tribes.
10106.Community Capacity Development Office.
10107.Division of Applied Law Enforcement Technology.
10108.Availability of funds.
10109.Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management.
10110.Office of Justice Programs grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
10111.Consolidation of financial management systems of Office of Justice Programs.
10112.Senior Policy Advisor on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice Programs.
10121.Statement of purpose.
10122.National Institute of Justice.
10123.Authority for 100 per centum grants.
10131.Statement of purpose.
10132.Bureau of Justice Statistics.
10133.Authority for 100 per centum grants.
10134.Use of data.
10141.Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance.
10142.Duties and functions of Director.
10151.Name of program.
10152.Description.
10153.Applications.
10154.Review of applications.
10155.Rules.
10156.Formula.
10157.Reserved funds.
10158.Interest-bearing trust funds.
10159.Law enforcement training programs.
10171.Correctional options grants.
10172.Allocation of funds; administrative provisions.
10181.Application requirements.
10182.Period of award.
10191.Crime prevention campaign grant.
10201.Evaluation.
10202.General provisions.
10203.Reports.
10211.Training and manpower development.
10221.Rules, regulations, and procedures; consultations and establishment.
10222.Notice and hearing on denial or termination of grant.
10223.Finality of determinations.
10224.Delegation of functions.
10225.Subpoena power; employment of hearing officers; authority to hold hearings.
10226.Personnel and administrative authority.
10227.Title to personal property.
10228.Prohibition of Federal control over State and local criminal justice agencies; prohibition of discrimination.
10229.Report to President and Congress.
10230.Other administrative provisions.
10231.Confidentiality of information.
10232.Administration of juvenile delinquency programs.
10233.Prohibition on land acquisition.
10234.Prohibition on use of Central Intelligence Agency services.
10235.Indian liability waiver.
10236.District of Columbia matching fund source.
10237.Limitation on civil justice matters.
10238.Accountability and oversight.
10251.General provisions.
10261.Authorization of appropriations.
10262.State and local governments to consider courts.
10263.Oversight and accountability.
10271.Misuse of Federal assistance.
10272.Falsification or concealment of facts.
10273.Conspiracy to commit offense against United States.
10281.Payment of death benefits.
10282.Limitations on benefits.
10283.National programs for families of public safety officers who have sustained fatal or catastrophic injury in the line of duty.
10284.Definitions.
10285.Administrative provisions.
10286.Expedited payment for public safety officers involved in the prevention, investigation, rescue, or recovery efforts related to a terrorist attack.
10287.Funds available for appeals and expenses of representation of hearing examiners.
10288.Due diligence in paying benefit claims.
10301.Purposes.
10302.Basic eligibility.
10303.Applications; approval.
10304.Regulations.
10305.Discontinuation for unsatisfactory conduct or progress.
10306.Special rule.
10307.Definitions.
10308.Authorization of appropriations.
10321.Regional information sharing systems grants.
10331.Function of Director.
10332.Description of grant program.
10333.Applications to receive grants.
10334.Review of applications.
10335.Reports.
10336.Expenditure of grants; records.
10337.Definitions.
10351.Rural drug enforcement assistance.
10352.Other requirements.
10361.Grant authorization.
10362.State applications.
10363.Review of State applications.
10364.Local applications.
10365.Distribution of funds.
10366.Evaluation.
10367.“Local entity” defined.
10381.Authority to make public safety and community policing grants.
10382.Applications.
10383.Renewal of grants.
10384.Limitation on use of funds.
10385.Performance evaluation.
10386.Revocation or suspension of funding.
10387.Access to documents.
10388.General regulatory authority.
10389.Definitions.
10401.Program authorized.
10402.Tribal grant program authorized.
10403.Grant eligibility.
10404.Allocation and distribution of funds.
10405.Guidelines.
10406.Payment requirements.
10407.Utilization of private sector.
10408.Administrative provisions.
10409.Assessment reports.
10410.Definitions.
10421.Grant authorization.
10422.State applications.
10423.Review of State applications.
10424.Allocation and distribution of funds.
10425.Evaluation.
10426.National training center for prison drug rehabilitation program personnel.
10441.Purpose of program and grants.
10442.Establishment of Office on Violence Against Women.
10443.Director of Office on Violence Against Women.
10444.Duties and functions of Director of Office on Violence Against Women.
10445.Staff of Office on Violence Against Women.
10446.State grants.
10447.Definitions and grant conditions.
10448.General terms and conditions.
10449.Rape exam payments.
10450.Costs for criminal charges and protection orders.
10451.Polygraph testing prohibition.
10452.Grants to Indian tribal governments.
10453.Tribal Deputy.
10454.Grant eligibility regarding compelling victim testimony.
10455.Senior Policy Advisor for Culturally Specific Communities.
10461.Grants.
10462.Applications.
10462a.Grants to State and Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot programs.
10463.Reports.
10464.Regulations or guidelines.
10465.Definitions and grant conditions.
10471.Grant authority.
10472.Definitions.
10473.Administration.
10474.Applications.
10475.Federal share.
10476.Geographic distribution.
10477.Report.
10478.Technical assistance, training, and evaluation.
10479.Mental health responses in the judicial system.
10491.Duties.
10492.General authorization.
10493.Uses of funds.
10494.Applications.
10495.Award of grants; limitation.
10496.Discretionary research grants.
10497.Reports.
10498.Definitions.
10511.Grant authorization.
10512.Applications.
10513.Application requirements.
10514.Administrative provisions.
10515.Restrictions on use of funds.
10516.Reports.
10517.Expenditure records.
10530.Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program.
10531.Program authorized.
10532.Applications.
10533.Definitions.
10534.James Guelff and Chris McCurley Body Armor Act of 2002.
10541.Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.
10551.Program authorized.
10552.Applications.
10553.Annual report to Congress; grant accountability.
10554.Definitions.
10555.Authorization of appropriations.
10556.Rules of construction.
10561.Grant authorization.
10562.Applications.
10563.Allocation.
10564.Use of grants.
10565.Administrative provisions.
10566.Reports.
10581.Repealed.
10591.Grants authorized.
10592.Use of grant funds.
10593.Program requirements.
10594.Applications.
10595.Reports.
10595a.Authorization of appropriations.
10596.Definitions.
10611.Grant authority.
10612.Prohibition of participation by violent offenders.
10613.Definition.
10614.Administration.
10615.Applications.
10616.Federal share.
10617.Distribution and allocation.
10618.Report.
10619.Technical assistance, training, and evaluation.
10631.Adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration projects.
10632.State reentry project evaluation.
10633.Repealed.
10641.Grant authority.
10642.Use of funds.
10643.Statewide strategic prevention plan.
10644.Requirements.
10651.Adult and juvenile collaboration programs.
10651a.Veteran Treatment Court Program.
10652.National criminal justice and mental health training and technical assistance.
10653.Creation of a TBI and PTSD training for first responders.
10661.Authority to make grants to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots.
10662.Funding.
10663.Grants for programs for drug-endangered children.
10664.Authority to award competitive grants to address methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.
10671.Grant authorization.
10681.Repealed.
10691.Sex offender apprehension grants.
10692.Juvenile sex offender treatment grants.
10701.Description.
10702.Applications.
10703.Review of applications.
10704.Equitable distribution of funds.
10705.Definitions.
10706.Grant accountability.
10707.Evaluation of performance of Department of Justice programs.
10721.Establishment of grant program.
10722.Purposes.
10723.Authorized programs.
10724.Application.
10725.Eligibility.
10726.Rules and regulations.
10741.Grant program to evaluate and improve educational methods at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.
10751.Grant authorization.
10752.Applications.
10753.Review of applications.
10754.Evaluation.
10755.Authorization of funding.

Editorial Notes

Codification

Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, comprising this chapter, was originally enacted by Pub. L. 90–351, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 197, and amended by Pub. L. 91–644, Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1880; Pub. L. 93–83, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 197; Pub. L. 93–415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1109; Pub. L. 94–237, Mar. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 241; Pub. L. 94–273, Apr. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 375; Pub. L. 94–430, Sept. 29, 1976, 90 Stat. 1346; Pub. L. 94–503, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2407; Pub. L. 95–115, Oct. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 1048. Such title is shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 96–157, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1167, without reference to such intervening amendments because of the extensive revision of the title’s provisions by Pub. L. 96–157.

Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 was formerly classified to chapter 46 (§ 3701 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965

Pub. L. 89–197, §§ 1–11, Sept. 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 828, as amended by Pub. L. 89–798, Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1506, was repealed by Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 405, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 204, subject to the provisions of former section 3745 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See section 10101 et seq. (chapter 101) of this title. Such Act had provided for grants and contracts for improvement of quality of state and local personnel through professional training; grants and contracts to improve state and local law enforcement techniques; delegation and redelegation of powers; contributions to program by recipients, rules and regulations, necessary stipends, and allowances; studies by Attorney General and technical assistance to states; prohibition against control over local agencies; advisory committees, compensation, and expenses; term of program; appropriations; and reports to President and Congress.

Executive Documents

Ex. Ord. No. 11396. Coordination By Attorney General of Federal Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention Programs

Ex. Ord. No. 11396, Feb. 7, 1968, 33 F.R. 2689, provided:

WHEREAS the problem of crime in America today presents the Nation with a major challenge calling for maximum law enforcement efforts at every level of Government;

WHEREAS coordination of all Federal Criminal law enforcement activities and crime prevention programs is desirable in order to achieve more effective results;

WHEREAS the Federal Government has acknowledged the need to provide assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies in the development and administration of programs directed to the prevention and control of crime:

WHEREAS to provide such assistance the Congress has authorized various departments and agencies of the Federal Government to develop programs which may benefit State and local efforts directed at the prevention and control of crime, and the coordination of such programs is desirable to develop and administer them most effectively; and

WHEREAS the Attorney General, as the chief law officer of the Federal Government, is charged with the responsibility for all prosecutions for violations of the Federal criminal statutes and is authorized under the Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 828) [Pub. L. 89–197; see note above] to cooperate with and assist State, local, or other public or private agencies in matters relating to law enforcement organization, techniques and practices, and the prevention and control of crime.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in the President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

Section 1. The Attorney General is hereby designated to facilitate and coordinate (1) the criminal law enforcement activities and crime prevention programs of all Federal departments and agencies, and (2) the activities of such departments, and agencies relating to the development and implementation of Federal programs which are designed, in whole or in substantial part, to assist State and local law enforcement agencies and crime prevention activities. The Attorney General may promulgate such rules and regulations and take such actions as he shall deem necessary or appropriate to carry out his functions under this Order.

Sec. 2. Each Federal department and agency is directed to cooperate with the Attorney General in the performance of his functions under this Order and shall, to the extent permitted by law and within the limits of available funds, furnish him such reports, information, and assistance as he may request.

Lyndon B. Johnson.

Executive Order No. 14074

Ex. Ord. No. 14074, May 25, 2022, 87 F.R. 32945, which related to advancing effective, accountable policing and criminal justice practices to enhance public trust and public safety, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 14148, § 2(vv), Jan. 20, 2025, 90 F.R. 8239.