PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Federal agencies must send uniform crime data to the Attorney General so those offenses are added to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports. Uniform Crime Reports: nationwide crime statistics run by the FBI. The Attorney General must collect, sort, and keep national data on federal crimes. Any federal department or agency that normally investigates crimes, including the Department of Defense, must report crime details on a form the Attorney General sets. The reports only cover the crimes counted in the Uniform Crime Reports. The Attorney General must share the collected data at least once a year with the President, Members of Congress, state governments, local officials, and participating penal and other institutions. The Director of the FBI must coordinate with agency heads not later than 90 days after December 21, 2018, to make sure agencies meet the reporting requirement. Agency heads must give the FBI Director whatever information he needs not later than 6 months after December 21, 2018, for the first report. The FBI Director must send a report to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees not later than 1 year after December 21, 2018, and each year after, listing all covered agencies and whether each is complying. The Attorney General may name the FBI as the lead agency and set up advisory or oversight boards. The FBI Director may count illegal drug and drug trafficking offenses as Part I crimes. Congress authorized $350,000 for fiscal year 1989 and whatever money is needed after that. The rules take effect on January 1, 1989.

Title 34, §41303

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(a)Short title

This section may be cited as the “Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988”.

(b)Definitions

For purposes of this section, the term “Uniform Crime Reports” means the reports authorized under section 534 of title 28 and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management and to assess the nature and type of crime in the United States.

(c)Establishment of system

(1)In general

The Attorney General shall acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports.

(2)Reporting by Federal agencies

All departments and agencies within the Federal government (including the Department of Defense) which routinely investigate complaints of criminal activity, shall report details about crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney General in a uniform manner and on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. The reporting required by this subsection shall be limited to the reporting of those crimes comprising the Uniform Crime Reports.

(3)Distribution of data

The Attorney General shall distribute data received pursuant to paragraph (2), not less frequently than annually, to the President, Members of the Congress, State governments, and officials of localities and penal and other institutions participating in the Uniform Crime Reports program.

(4)Interagency coordination

(A)In general

Not later than 90 days after December 21, 2018, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall coordinate with the head of each department or agency within the Federal Government that is subject to the mandatory reporting requirements under paragraph (2) for the purpose of ensuring successful implementation of paragraph (2).

(B)For report

Not later than 6 months after December 21, 2018, the head of each department or agency within the Federal Government that is subject to the mandatory reporting requirements under paragraph (2) shall provide the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation such information as the Director determines is necessary to complete the first report required under paragraph (5).

(5)Annual report by Federal Bureau of Investigation

Not later than 1 year after December 21, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report detailing the efforts of the departments and agencies within the Federal Government to come into compliance with paragraph (2). The report shall contain a list of all departments and agencies within the Federal Government subject to paragraph (2) and whether each department or agency is in compliance with paragraph (2).

(d)Role of Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Attorney General may designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation as the lead agency for purposes of performing the functions authorized by this section and may appoint or establish such advisory and oversight boards as may be necessary to assist the Bureau in ensuring uniformity, quality, and maximum use of the data collected.

(e)Inclusion of offenses involving illegal drugs

The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to classify offenses involving illegal drugs and drug trafficking as a part I crime in the Uniform Crime Reports.

(f)Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated $350,000 for fiscal year 1989 and such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section after fiscal year 1989.

(g)Effective date

The provisions of this section shall be effective on January 1, 1989.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified as a note under section 534 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 115–393, § 402(1), substituted “not less frequently than annually” for “in the form of annual Uniform Crime Reports for the United States”. Subsec. (c)(4), (5). Pub. L. 115–393, § 402(2), added pars. (4) and (5).

§41303 Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988

Summary

Title 34, §41303

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

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