§30106 Annual Reports

Summary

The Attorney General must send Congress a report about how the Justice Department is using the powers and money given under sections 30103–30106. The first report was due by May 1, 2009 (which is within 1 year after October 13, 2008). After that, a report is due every year by May 1st of each fiscal year. The report can be included in the Department of Justice’s annual performance report. The Director of the FBI must send a similar yearly report on the same schedule, and that report can also be part of the DOJ performance report. The first reports from both the Attorney General and the FBI Director must include a summary of actions and resources used in the five years before October 13, 2008 and in the one year after that date. Each report must give specific information about grants, personnel, training, investigations, and results. For grants, the report must name applicants, list grants awarded, give the dollar amount of each grant and how the money was spent, explain the purpose of each grant, and include recipients’ reports on how well the grant worked; the Department must say whether each grant met its goals, and grantees who do not follow rules may face sanctions described in the Office of Justice Programs Financial Guide. For FBI agents added under the law, the report must show the number and kinds of investigations or actions, how each was resolved, and any penalties. For the FBI training program, the report must say how many agents took part and what the training covered. For the organized crime plan, the report must say how many related investigations and prosecutions resulted. For the hiring and training authorized under section 30105, the report must say how many officers were hired and trained, what investigations and prosecutions came from that hiring and training, who the defendants were, what penalties were imposed in successful prosecutions, what advanced forensic tools were bought, and how many cases used those tools. The Attorney General’s report must also include other information the Attorney General thinks is helpful. Both reports must give a full summary of the Department’s work on intellectual property crimes, including a review of policies across DOJ offices, a summary of successes and failures, counts of investigations, arrests, and prosecutions (with numbers of defendants, conviction results, sentences and statutory maximums, and average sentences), an account of staff and money devoted (including numbers of investigators, prosecutors, and forensic specialists), and steps taken to avoid duplicating other federal agencies and to use resources efficiently.