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Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

Part F · Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement

§ 12409. Report to Congress

Statutory text

Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides information concerning the incidence of stalking and domestic violence, and evaluates the effectiveness of State antistalking efforts and legislation.

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. Violence Against Women Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–322 title IV § 40610 · 108 Stat. 1796

    Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12409

    Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40610, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1952

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40610, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1952

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 40610. REPORT TO CONGRESS. The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, that provides information concerning the incidence of stalking and domestic violence, and evaluates the effectiveness of State antistalking efforts and legislation.

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

    Pub. L. 109–162 § 1135(a) · 119 Stat. 2960

    Repealed · 34 U.S.C. § 12409

    Pub. L. 109–162, § 1135(a), which directed an amendment substantially identical to that directed by Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–271

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–162, § 1135(a), which directed an amendment substantially identical to that directed by Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–271.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Stalking and Domestic Violence.— Section 40610 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 14039) is amended by striking “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, that provides” and inserting “Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides”.

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

    Pub. L. 109–162 § 3(b)(1) · 119 Stat. 2960

    Substituted · 34 U.S.C. § 12409

    Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), which directed the substitution of “Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides” for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning 1 year after September 13, 1994, that provides”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after September 13, 1994, that provides”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), which directed the substitution of “Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides” for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning 1 year after September 13, 1994, that provides”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after September 13, 1994, that provides”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Stalking and domestic violence.— Section 40610 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14039) is amended by striking “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, that provides” and inserting “Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 14039 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–162, § 1135(a), which directed an amendment substantially identical to that directed by Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 109–271.

Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), which directed the substitution of “Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides” for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning 1 year after , that provides”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an annual report, beginning one year after , that provides”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Report Relating to Stalking Laws

Pub. L. 105–119, title I, § 115(b)(2), , 111 Stat. 2467, provided that: “The Attorney General shall include in an annual report under section 40610 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14039) [now 34 U.S.C. 12409] information concerning existing or proposed State laws and penalties for stalking crimes against children.”

Credits

1994–2006 · 3 acts
  1. 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40610, , 108 Stat. 1952
  2. 2006Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), title XI, § 1135(a), , 119 Stat. 2971, 3108
  3. 2006Pub. L. 109–271, §§ 2(d), 8(b), , 120 Stat. 752, 766.
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(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40610, , 108 Stat. 1952; Pub. L. 109–162, § 3(b)(1), title XI, § 1135(a), , 119 Stat. 2971, 3108; Pub. L. 109–271, §§ 2(d), 8(b), , 120 Stat. 752, 766.)

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