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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement

§ 10134. Use of data

Statutory text

Data collected by the Bureau shall be used only for statistical or research purposes, and shall be gathered in a manner that precludes their use for law enforcement or any purpose relating to a private person or public agency other than statistical or research purposes.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

    Pub. L. 90–351 title I § 304 · 82 Stat. 197

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 10134

    Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1179

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1179

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 304. State planning agencies shall receive applications for financial assistance from units of general local government and combinations of such units. When a State planning agency determines that such an application is in accordance with the purposes stated in section 301 and is in conformance with any existing statewide comprehensive law enforcement plan, the State planning agency is authorized to disburse funds to the applicant.

  2. Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005

    Pub. L. 109–162 title XI § 1115(b) · 119 Stat. 2960

    Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 10134

    Pub. L. 109–162 substituted “private person or public agency” for “particular individual”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–162 substituted “private person or public agency” for “particular individual”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Use of Data.— Section 304 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking “particular individual” and inserting “private person or public agency”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3735 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 304 of Pub. L. 90–351, as added by Pub. L. 96–157, was classified to section 3734 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(c), , 98 Stat. 2080.

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–162 substituted “private person or public agency” for “particular individual”.

Credits

1979–2006 · 3 acts
  1. 1979Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, , 93 Stat. 1179
  2. 1984renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(d), , 98 Stat. 2080
  3. 2006amended Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1115(b), , 119 Stat. 3104.
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(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, , 93 Stat. 1179; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(d), , 98 Stat. 2080; amended Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1115(b), , 119 Stat. 3104.)

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