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Title 34 — NavyRelease 119-73

§41303 Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Criminal Records and Information › Chapter CHAPTER 413— - CRIME REPORTS AND STATISTICS › § 41303

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General must collect and keep national data on federal crimes for the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports. Uniform Crime Reports are the FBI’s nationwide crime statistics under 28 U.S.C. 534 used by law enforcement to track the type and amount of crime. Federal departments and agencies that investigate crimes, including the Department of Defense, must report crime details to the Attorney General on a form the Attorney General sets. The Attorney General must share the collected data at least once a year with the President, Congress, state and local governments, and participating prisons and institutions. The FBI Director had to work with agency heads within 90 days after December 21, 2018, and agencies had to give needed information within 6 months after that date. The FBI Director must send a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees within 1 year after December 21, 2018, and every year after, listing all covered agencies and saying whether each is following the reporting rules. The Attorney General can make the FBI the lead agency and set up advisory boards. The FBI Director may treat drug offenses as Part I crimes. Congress authorized $350,000 for fiscal year 1989 and more money as needed later. The rules take effect January 1, 1989.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §41303

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(a)This section may be cited as the “Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988”.
(b)For purposes of this section, the term “Uniform Crime Reports” means the reports authorized under section 534 of title 28 and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management and to assess the nature and type of crime in the United States.
(c)(1)The Attorney General shall acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports.
(2)All departments and agencies within the Federal government (including the Department of Defense) which routinely investigate complaints of criminal activity, shall report details about crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney General in a uniform manner and on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. The reporting required by this subsection shall be limited to the reporting of those crimes comprising the Uniform Crime Reports.
(3)The Attorney General shall distribute data received pursuant to paragraph (2), not less frequently than annually, to the President, Members of the Congress, State governments, and officials of localities and penal and other institutions participating in the Uniform Crime Reports program.
(4)(A)Not later than 90 days after December 21, 2018, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate with the head of each department or agency within the Federal Government that is subject to the mandatory reporting requirements under paragraph (2) for the purpose of ensuring successful implementation of paragraph (2).
(B)Not later than 6 months after December 21, 2018, the head of each department or agency within the Federal Government that is subject to the mandatory reporting requirements under paragraph (2) shall provide the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation such information as the Director determines is necessary to complete the first report required under paragraph (5).
(5)Not later than 1 year after December 21, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report detailing the efforts of the departments and agencies within the Federal Government to come into compliance with paragraph (2). The report shall contain a list of all departments and agencies within the Federal Government subject to paragraph (2) and whether each department or agency is in compliance with paragraph (2).
(d)The Attorney General may designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the lead agency for purposes of performing the functions authorized by this section and may appoint or establish such advisory and oversight boards as may be necessary to assist the Bureau in ensuring uniformity, quality, and maximum use of the data collected.
(e)The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to classify offenses involving illegal drugs and drug trafficking as a part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports.
(f)There are authorized to be appropriated $350,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section after fiscal year 1989.
(g)The provisions of this section shall be effective on January 1, 1989.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified as a note under section 534 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 115–393, § 402(1), substituted “not less frequently than annually” for “in the form of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United States”. Subsec. (c)(4), (5). Pub. L. 115–393, § 402(2), added pars. (4) and (5).

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 41303

Title 34 — Navy

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73