PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Require the National Institute of Justice to work with the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make simple guidelines that help state and local governments evaluate their programs. The NIJ must also carry out a reasonable number of full evaluations of programs funded under sections 10156 (formula grants) and 10171 (discretionary grants). When choosing programs to review, the Director should look at if a program is a new idea, its cost and how many similar programs exist under section 10156, whether it could be copied elsewhere, and whether the public and community are involved. Routine audits, monitoring, and internal checks of state and local drug control programs are only the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s job. Each year the Director must report to the President, the Attorney General, and the Congress about the evaluations and related research and development funded under this section.

Title 34, §10201

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(a)Guidelines and comprehensive evaluations

To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of programs funded under this subchapter, the National Institute of Justice shall—

(1)develop guidelines, in cooperation with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, to assist State and local units of government to conduct program evaluations; and

(2)conduct a reasonable number of comprehensive evaluations of programs funded under section 10156 (formula grants) and section 10171 (discretionary grants) of this title.

(b)Criteria for selecting programs for review

In selecting programs for review, the Director of the National Institute of Justice should consider—

(1)whether the program establishes or demonstrates a new and innovative approach to drug or crime control;

(2)the cost of the program to be evaluated and the number of similar programs funded under section 10156 (formula grants) of this title;

(3)whether the program has a high potential to be replicated in other jurisdictions; and

(4)whether there is substantial public awareness and community involvement in the program. Routine auditing, monitoring, and internal assessment of a State and local drug control program’s progress shall be the sole responsibility of the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

(c)Annual report

The Director of the National Institute of Justice shall annually report to the President, the Attorney General, and the Congress on the nature and findings of the evaluation and research and development activities funded under this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 3766 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 520 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 90–462, § 1, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 7(8), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1888; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 544, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 94–430, § 3, Sept. 29, 1976, 90 Stat. 1348; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, § 126, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2423, related to authorization of appropriations, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 96–157.

Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(i), substituted “program evaluations” for “the program evaluations as required by section 3751(c) of this title”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(ii), substituted “evaluations of programs funded under section 3755 (formula grants) and section 3762a (discretionary grants) of this title” for “evaluations of programs funded under section 3756 (formula grants) and section 3761 and 3762a (discretionary grants) of this title”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(iii), substituted “programs funded under section 3755 (formula grants)” for “programs funded under section 3756 (formula grants) and section 3761 (discretionary grants)”. 1990—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “section 3761 and 3762a” for “section 3761”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2006 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 109–162 applicable with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after Jan. 5, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, see section 1111(d) of Pub. L. 109–162, set out as a note under section 10151 of this title.

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