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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Chapter 111 — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

§ 11298. Authority of Inspectors General

Statutory text

(a)

In general

An Inspector General appointed under section 403 or 415 of title 5 may authorize staff to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children—

(1)

by conducting reviews of inactive case files to develop recommendations for further investigations; and

(2)

by engaging in similar activities.

(b)

Limitations

(1)

Priority

An Inspector General may not permit staff to engage in activities described in subsection (a) if such activities will interfere with the duties of the Inspector General under chapter 4 of title 5.

(2)

Funding

No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.

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. Crime Control Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–647 title XXXVII § 3703 · 104 Stat. 4789

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 11298

    Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, § 3703, as added Pub. L. 110–344, § 9, Oct. 7, 2008, 122 Stat. 3936

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, § 3703, as added Pub. L. 110–344, § 9, Oct. 7, 2008, 122 Stat. 3936

  2. Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(59)(A) · 136 Stat. 4196

    Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 11298(a)

    Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(A), substituted “section 403 or 415 of title 5” for “section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)” in introductory provisions

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(A), substituted “section 403 or 415 of title 5” for “section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)” in introductory provisions.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) in subsection (a) (matter before paragraph (1)), by striking “section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)” and inserting “section 403 or 415 of title 5, United States Code,”; and

  3. Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(59)(B) · 136 Stat. 4196

    Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 11298(b)(1)

    Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(B), substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(B), substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).” and inserting “chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code.”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 5780a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section was enacted as part of the Crime Control Act of 1990, and not as part of the Missing Children’s Assistance Act which comprises this subchapter, nor as part of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(A), substituted “section 403 or 415 of title 5” for “section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)” in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59)(B), substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

Credits

2008–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 2008Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, § 3703, as added Pub. L. 110–344, § 9, , 122 Stat. 3936
  2. 2022amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59), , 136 Stat. 4349.
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(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, § 3703, as added Pub. L. 110–344, § 9, , 122 Stat. 3936; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(59), , 136 Stat. 4349.)

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