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

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General can move other Department of Justice programs or activities into the Office if, after talking with the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, the Attorney General agrees they fit the Office’s mission. When a function or program is moved, the Attorney General must also move the employees and assets from the part of the Department being transferred that are needed to do the work. Any such move must follow section 605 of Public Law 107–77. Within one year after November 25, 2002, the Attorney General must give a report to both the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on how this change is being put in place. The report must list current funding amounts and where that money comes from under existing laws and appropriations, state future funding needs, and may include any other information and recommendations the Attorney General thinks are useful.

Full Legal Text

Title 6, §164

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(a)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)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)Not later than 1 year after November 25, 2002, 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.

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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, Nov. 28, 2001, 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, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2145, which enacted this subchapter, amended section 1030, 2511, 2512, 2520, 2701 to 2703, and 3125 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, section 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”.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 164

Title 6Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73