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Title 6 — Domestic Security

Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization

§ 164. Abolishment of Office of Science and Technology of National Institute of Justice; transfer of functions

Statutory text

(a)

Authority to transfer functions

The Attorney General may transfer to the Office any other program or activity of the Department of Justice that the Attorney General, in consultation with the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Office.

(b)

Transfer of personnel and assets

With respect to any function, power, or duty, or any program or activity, that is established in the Office, those employees and assets of the element of the Department of Justice from which the transfer is made that the Attorney General determines are needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that program or activity, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the Office: Provided, That any such transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107–77.

(c)

Report on implementation

Not later than 1 year after , the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this subchapter. The report shall—

(1)

provide an accounting of the amounts and sources of funding available to the Office to carry out its mission under existing authorizations and appropriations, and set forth the future funding needs of the Office; and

(2)

include such other information and recommendations as the Attorney General considers appropriate.

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. Homeland Security Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–296 title II § 234 · 116 Stat. 2135

    Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 164

    Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 234, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2161

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 234, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2161

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 234. ABOLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE; TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. (a) Authority To Transfer Functions.— The Attorney General may transfer to the Office any other program or activity of the Department of Justice that the Attorney General, in consultation with the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Office. (b) Transfer of Personnel and Assets.— With respect to any function, power, or duty, or any program or activity, that is established in the Office, those employees and assets of the element of the Department of Justice from which the transfer is made that the Attorney General determines are needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that program or activity, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the Office. (c) Report on Implementation.— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this title. The report shall— (1) provide an accounting of the amounts and sources of funding available to the Office to carry out its mission under existing authorizations and appropriations, and set forth the future funding needs of the Office; and (2) include such other information and recommendations as the Attorney General considers appropriate.

  2. Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003

    Pub. L. 108–7 div. L § 103(2) · 117 Stat. 11

    Inserted · 6 U.S.C. § 164(b)

    Pub. L. 108–7 inserted before period at end “: Provided, That any such transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107–77”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–7 inserted before period at end “: Provided, That any such transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107–77”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 605 of Public Law 107–77, referred to in subsec. (b), is section 605 of Pub. L. 107–77, title VI, , 115 Stat. 798, which is not classified to the Code.

This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 107–296, , 116 Stat. 2145, which enacted this subchapter, amended sections 1030, 2511, 2512, 2520, 2701 to 2703, and 3125 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, sections 10102 and 10122 of Title 34, Crime Control and Law Enforcement, and section 401a of Title 50, War and National Defense, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 101 of this title and listed in a Provisions for Review, Promulgation, or Amendment of Federal Sentencing Guidelines Relating to Specific Offenses table set out under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–7 inserted before period at end “: Provided, That any such transfer shall be carried out in accordance with section 605 of Public Law 107–77”.

Credits

2002–2003 · 2 acts
  1. 2002Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 234, , 116 Stat. 2161
  2. 2003Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 103(2), , 117 Stat. 529.
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(Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 234, , 116 Stat. 2161; Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 103(2), , 117 Stat. 529.)

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