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[CITE: 42USC3712]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 3712. Duties and functions of Assistant Attorney General


(a) Specific, general and delegated powers

    The Assistant Attorney General shall--
        (1) publish and disseminate information on the conditions and 
    progress of the criminal justice systems;
        (2) maintain liaison with the executive and judicial branches of 
    the Federal and State governments in matters relating to criminal 
    justice;
        (3) provide information to the President, the Congress, the 
    judiciary, State and local governments, and the general public 
    relating to criminal justice;
        (4) maintain liaison with public and private educational and 
    research institutions, State and local governments, and governments 
    of other nations relating to criminal justice;
        (5) provide staff support to coordinate the activities of the 
    Office and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute 
    of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Office of 
    Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and
        (6) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in 
    the Assistant Attorney General pursuant to this chapter or by 
    delegation of the Attorney General.

(b) Annual report to President and Congress

    The Assistant Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the 
President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 102, as added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 603(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2078.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3712, Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 102, as added 
Pub. L. 96-157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1170, described duties 
and functions of Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance 
Administration, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by 
Pub. L. 98-473.
    A prior section 3713, Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 103, as added 
Pub. L. 96-157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1170, provided for an 
Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs, prior to the general amendment 
of this subchapter by Pub. L. 98-473.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98-
473, set out as a note under section 3711 of this title.
