Title 34NavyRelease 119-73not60

§60907 Procedures to Promote Compliance

Title 34 › Subtitle Subtitle VI— Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters › Chapter 609— HOMICIDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES’ RIGHTS › § 60907

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each agency head must create rules no later than one year after August 3, 2022 to make sure a designated person can ask for a review and that the agency follows the chapter’s requirements. The rules must name an internal office to get and investigate complaints about reviews under section 60901 or reinvestigations under section 60903, require staff training on these procedures, include discipline (including suspension or firing) for willful or reckless noncompliance, set up a way to resolve complaints about cold case murder investigations or file evaluations, and say the agency head or their designee is the final decision-maker with no court review by the complainant.

Full Legal Text

Title 34, §60907

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(a)Not later than one year after August 3, 2022, the head of each agency shall promulgate regulations to enforce the right of a designated person to request a review under this chapter and to ensure compliance by the agency with the obligations described in this chapter.
(b)The regulations promulgated under subsection (a) shall—
(1)designate an administrative authority within the agency to receive and investigate complaints relating to a review initiated under section 60901 of this title or a reinvestigation initiated under section 60903 of this title;
(2)require a course of training for appropriate employees and officers within the agency regarding the procedures, responsibilities, and obligations required under this chapter;
(3)contain disciplinary sanctions, which may include suspension or termination from employment, for employees of the agency who are shown to have willfully or wantonly failed to comply with this chapter;
(4)provide a procedure for the resolution of complaints filed by the designated person concerning the agency’s handling of a cold case murder investigation or the case file evaluation; and
(5)provide that the head of the agency, or the designee thereof, shall be the final arbiter of the complaint, and that there shall be no judicial review of the final decision of the head of the agency by a complainant.

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Citation

34 U.S.C. § 60907

Title 34Navy

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60