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[CITE: 42USC1997f]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 21--CIVIL RIGHTS
 
                SUBCHAPTER I-A--INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS
 
Sec. 1997f. Report to Congress

    The Attorney General shall include in the report to Congress on the 
business of the Department of Justice prepared pursuant to section 522 
of title 28--
        (1) a statement of the number, variety, and outcome of all 
    actions instituted pursuant to this subchapter including the history 
    of, precise reasons for, and procedures followed in initiation or 
    intervention in each case in which action was commenced;
        (2) a detailed explanation of the procedures by which the 
    Department has received, reviewed and evaluated petitions or 
    complaints regarding conditions in institutions;
        (3) an analysis of the impact of actions instituted pursuant to 
    this subchapter, including, when feasible, an estimate of the costs 
    incurred by States and other political subdivisions;
        (4) a statement of the financial, technical, or other assistance 
    which has been made available from the United States to the State in 
    order to assist in the correction of the conditions which are 
    alleged to have deprived a person of rights, privileges, or 
    immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the 
    United States; and
        (5) the progress made in each Federal institution toward meeting 
    existing promulgated standards for such institutions or 
    constitutionally guaranteed minima.

(Pub. L. 96-247, Sec. 8, May 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 353; Pub. L. 97-256, 
title II, Sec. 201(b), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 817; Pub. L. 104-134, 
title I, Sec. 101[(a)] [title VIII, Sec. 803(e)], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1321, 1321-73; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, Sec. 1(a), May 
2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-134 substituted ``the report'' for ``his report'' 
in introductory provisions .
    1982--Pub. L. 97-256 substituted ``Attorney General'' for 
``Attorney''.
