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[CITE: 42USC10605]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
             CHAPTER 112--VICTIM COMPENSATION AND ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 10605. Establishment of Office for Victims of Crime


(a) Office established within Department of Justice

    There is established within the Department of Justice an Office for 
Victims of Crime (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the 
``Office'').

(b) Appointment of Director; authority; restrictions

    The Office shall be headed by a Director (referred to in this 
chapter as the ``Director''), who shall be appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall 
report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Justice Programs and shall have final authority for 
all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Office. 
The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of 
serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or 
act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with 
which the Office makes any contract or other agreement under this 
chapter.\1\
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(c) Duties of Director

    The Director shall have the following duties:
        (1) Administering funds made available by section 10601 of this 
    title.
        (2) Providing funds to eligible States pursuant to sections 
    10602 and 10603 of this title.
        (3) Establishing programs in accordance with section 10603(c) of 
    this title on terms and conditions determined by the Director to be 
    consistent with that subsection.
        (4) Cooperating with and providing technical assistance to 
    States, units of local government, and other public and private 
    organizations or international agencies involved in activities 
    related to crime victims.
        (5) Such other functions as the Attorney General may delegate.

(Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1411, as added Pub. L. 100-690, title 
VII, Sec. 7123(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4420.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, the last place it appears in subsec. (b), was in the 
original ``this part'', which has been translated as reading in the 
original ``this chapter'' meaning chapter XIV of title II of Pub. L. 98-
473 to reflect the probable intent of Congress because chapter XIV of 
title II of Pub. L. 98-473 which comprises this chapter, does not 
contain parts.


                             Effective Date

    Section not applicable with respect to a State compensation program 
that was an eligible State crime victim compensation program on Nov. 18, 
1988, until Oct. 1, 1991, see section 7129 of Pub. L. 100-690, as 
amended, set out as an Effective Date of 1988 Amendment note under 
section 10601 of this title.
