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§10102 Duties and Functions of Assistant Attorney General

Title 34 › Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts › CHAPTER 101 — JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS › § 10102

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Assistant Attorney General must share information about how the criminal justice system is doing and keep others informed. They must work with federal and state executive and judicial branches, schools and research groups, other nations, and the public. They must give facts to the President, Congress, judges, and local governments. They must coordinate and support the main federal criminal justice offices, including the Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office for Victims of Crime, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. They can also carry out other duties given by law or by the Attorney General, including placing special conditions on all grants and setting priority uses for formula grants. The Assistant Attorney General must send a yearly report to the President and Congress by March 31 each year.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §10102

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(a)Specific, general and delegated powers
The Assistant Attorney General shall—
(1)publish and disseminate information on the conditions and progress of the criminal justice systems;
(2)maintain liaison with the executive and judicial branches of the Federal and State governments in matters relating to criminal justice;
(3)provide information to the President, the Congress, the judiciary, State and local governments, and the general public relating to criminal justice;
(4)maintain liaison with public and private educational and research institutions, State and local governments, and governments of other nations relating to criminal justice;
(5)coordinate and provide staff support to coordinate the activities of the Office and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and
(6)exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Assistant Attorney General pursuant to this chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants.
(b)Annual report to President and Congress
The Assistant Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added by Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1167, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3712 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 102 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1170, described duties and functions of Administrator of Law

Enforcement

Assistance Administration, prior to the general amendment of part A of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 98–473.

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(a), inserted “the Office for Victims of Crime,” after “the Bureau of Justice Statistics,”. Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(b), inserted “, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants” before period at end. 2002—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 107–296 inserted “coordinate and” before “provide”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2002 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 10102

Title 34, Navy

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110