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[CITE: 25USC3204]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
   CHAPTER 34--INDIAN CHILD PROTECTION AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION
 
Sec. 3204. Central registry


(a) Preparation of study

    The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services and the Attorney General of the United States, is hereby 
authorized and directed to prepare a written study on the feasibility 
of, and need for, the establishment of a Central Register for reports or 
information on the abuse of children in Indian country.

(b) Content of study

    The study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 
include, but shall not be limited to--
        (1) the need for, and purpose of, a Central Register;
        (2) the examination of due process implication of the 
    maintenance of such a register;
        (3) the extension of access to information contained in the 
    register;
        (4) the need and process for expunging information from the 
    register;
        (5) the types, and duration of maintenance, of information in 
    the register; and
        (6) the classes of persons who should be covered by such 
    register.

(c) Submission to Congress

    The Secretary shall complete the study conducted pursuant to this 
section and shall submit such study, together with recommendations and 
draft legislation to implement such recommendations, to the Congress 
within 180 days after November 28, 1990.

(Pub. L. 101-630, title IV, Sec. 405, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4549.)
