Title 34 — NavyRelease 119-73
§10541 Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings
Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Comprehensive Acts › Chapter CHAPTER 101— - JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXV— - TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALER › § 10541
Summary
All orders, rules, and instructions from the old Law Enforcement Assistance Administration that were in effect on December 27, 1979 (and those in effect on October 12, 1984) keep working the same way until they are changed by the President, the Attorney General, or the named justice agencies and officials, or until a law changes them. The Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration’s Administrator may use previously provided or leftover funds to award new grants, sign new contracts, or keep projects going if those projects match the chapter’s rules as they were before December 27, 1979. This includes research, statistical work, and plans for the fiscal year that began October 1, 1979. Laws changed by the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 do not affect any lawsuits or proceedings started before December 27, 1979. Money can be used to audit, investigate, close out, and share results from grants or contracts already awarded. Employees of the old agency on December 27, 1979 transfer to the new offices as needed, and certain leaders can be named acting for up to 90 days. Unused funds from certain parts of the chapter may cover up to 100% of a project’s cost. Rules needed to run the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 stay in place for that Act, and the State criminal justice council will act as the State planning agency. Construction projects funded before December 27, 1979 may keep getting chapter funding for two years.
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Title 34, §10541
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(a)(1)All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration which are in effect on December 27, 1979, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President or the Attorney General, the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, or the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
(2)All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions issued under this chapter which are in effect on October 12, 1984, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President, the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
(b)The Director of the National Institute of Justice may award new grants, enter into new contracts or cooperative agreements, or otherwise obligate previously appropriated unused or reversionary funds for the continuation of research and development projects in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as in effect on the day before December 27, 1979, based upon applications received under this chapter before December 27, 1979, or for purposes consistent with provisions of this chapter.
(c)The Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics may award new grants, enter into new contracts or cooperative agreements or otherwise obligate funds appropriated for fiscal years before 1980 for statistical projects to be expended in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, as in effect on the day before December 27, 1979, based upon applications received under this chapter before December 27, 1979, or for purposes consistent with provisions of this chapter.
(d)The Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration may award new grants, enter into new contracts or cooperative agreements, approve comprehensive plans for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1979, and otherwise obligate previously appropriated unused or reversionary funds or funds appropriated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1979, for the continuation of projects in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, as in effect on the day before December 27, 1979, or for purposes consistent with provisions of this chapter.
(e)The amendments made to this chapter by the Justice System Improvement Act of 1979 shall not affect any suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Government before December 27, 1979.
(f)Nothing in this chapter prevents the utilization of funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter for all activities necessary or appropriate for the review, audit, investigation, and judicial or administrative resolution of audit matters for those grants or contracts that were awarded under this chapter. The final disposition and dissemination of program and project accomplishments with respect to programs and projects approved in accordance with this chapter, as in effect before December 27, 1979, which continue in operation beyond December 27, 1979, may be carried out with funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter.
(g)Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the personnel employed on December 27, 1979, by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration are transferred as appropriate to the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, the National Institute of Justice or the Bureau of Justice Statistics, considering the function to be performed by these organizational units and the functions previously performed by the employee. Determinations as to specific positions to be filled in an acting capacity for a period of not more than ninety days by the Administrator and Deputy Administrators employed on December 27, 1979, may be made by the Attorney General notwithstanding any other provision of law.
(h)Any funds made available under subchapters II, III, and V 11 See References in Text note below. of this chapter, as in effect before December 27, 1979, which are not obligated by a State or unit of local government, may be used to provide up to 100 per centum of the cost of any program or project.
(i)Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all provisions of this chapter, as in effect on the day before December 27, 1979, which are necessary to carry out the provisions of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 [34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.], remain in effect for the sole purpose of carrying out the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and the State criminal justice council established under this chapter shall serve as the State planning agency for the purposes of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.
(j)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 404(c)(3),1 any construction projects which were funded under this chapter, as in effect before December 27, 1979, and which were budgeted in anticipation of receiving additional Federal funding for such construction may continue for two years to be funded under this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Justice System Improvement Act of 1979, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 96–157, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1167, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1979 Act note under section 10101 of this title and Tables. Subchapter V of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (h), was repealed and former subchapter VI was redesignated as V by Pub. L. 98–473, title II, §§ 607, 608(e), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2086, 2087, which was also repealed and a new subchapter V enacted by Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4328. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (i), is Pub. L. 93–415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1109, which is classified principally to chapter 111 (§ 11101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
of 1974 Act note under section 10101 of this title and Tables. section 404(c)(3), referred to in subsec. (j), is a reference to section 404(c)(3) of title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1188, as in effect prior to the general amendment of section 404 by Pub. L. 98–473, and subsequent repeal by Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4328. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3797 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–473, § 609G(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). Subsecs. (j), (k). Pub. L. 98–473, § 609G(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (k) as (j) and struck out former subsec. (j) relating to State planning agency meeting representation requirement as competent to carry out functions, powers, and duties of State criminal justice council.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 10101 of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) through (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title.
Executive Documents
Law
Enforcement
Assistance Administration; Closeout of Operations and Transfer of Remaining Functions The operations of the Law
Enforcement
Assistance Administration were closed out by the Justice Department due to lack of appropriations, and the remaining programs and staff transferred to the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, effective Apr. 15, 1982, see Notice of Department of Justice, Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, Apr. 19, 1982, 47 F.R. 16694.
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