PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Require the Attorney General to study ways for states to set up central databases that track how often sexual and domestic violence crimes happen. The Attorney General must talk with criminal-data experts, state statistics officials, police, and nonprofit victim service groups, and include their views in the final recommendations. The report must be finished and sent to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees no later than 1 year after September 13, 1994. Congress authorized $200,000 for fiscal year 1996 to carry out the work.

Title 34, §12332

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(a)In general

The Attorney General shall study and report to the States and to Congress on how the States may collect centralized databases on the incidence of sexual and domestic violence offenses within a State.

(b)Consultation

In conducting its study, the Attorney General shall consult persons expert in the collection of criminal justice data, State statistical administrators, law enforcement personnel, and nonprofit nongovernmental agencies that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence. The final report shall set forth the views of the persons consulted on the recommendations.

(c)Report

The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after September 13, 1994, the study required under subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made is submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000 for fiscal year 1996.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 13962 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

§12332 State Databases

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Title 34, §12332

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