Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement
§ 10141. Establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance
Statutory text
There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bureau”).
The Bureau shall be headed by a Director (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”) who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the 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 chapter.
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.
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Pub. L. 90–351 title I § 401 · 82 Stat. 197
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 10141
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4328
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4328Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 401, It is the purpose of this part to provide for and encourage training, education, research, and development for the purpose of improving law enforcement and developing new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime, and the detection and apprehension of criminals.Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011
Pub. L. 112–166 § 2(h)(2) · 126 Stat. 1283
Struck · 34 U.S.C. § 10141(b)
Pub. L. 112–166 struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” before period at end of first sentence
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–166 struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate” before period at end of first sentence.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Director, bureau of justice assistance.— Section 401(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3741(b)) is amended by striking “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate”.Effective date note
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.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 3741 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 401 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 606, , 98 Stat. 2080; amended Pub. L. 99–570, title I, § 1552(b)(1), , 100 Stat. 3207–46, related to establishment of Bureau of Justice Assistance, appointment of Director, and authority and restrictions with regard to Director, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), , 102 Stat. 4328.
Another prior section 401 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, , 93 Stat. 1179, described formula grant program, prior to the general amendment of part D of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 98–473.
Another prior section 401 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, , 82 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, , 87 Stat. 205, set out the Congressional statement of purposes in making provision for training, education, research, demonstration, and special grants, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 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 period at end of first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after , 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.
Transfer of Functions
Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)], , 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–20, provided that: “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective , all functions of the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3742(3) through (6) [now 34 U.S.C. 10142(3)–(6)], are transferred to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.”
Credits
1988–2012 · 2 acts
- 1988Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), , 102 Stat. 4328
- 2012amended Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(h)(2), , 126 Stat. 1285.
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(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 401, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), , 102 Stat. 4328; amended Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(h)(2), , 126 Stat. 1285.)