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[CITE: 42USC3731]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS
 
Sec. 3731. Statement of purpose

    It is the purpose of this subchapter to provide for and encourage 
the collection and analysis of statistical information concerning crime, 
juvenile delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice system 
and related aspects of the civil justice system and to support the 
development of information and statistical systems at the Federal, 
State, and local levels to improve the efforts of these levels of 
government to measure and understand the levels of crime, juvenile 
delinquency, and the operation of the criminal justice system and 
related aspects of the civil justice system. The Bureau shall utilize to 
the maximum extent feasible State governmental organizations and 
facilities responsible for the collection and analysis of criminal 
justice data and statistics. In carrying out the provisions of this 
subchapter, the Bureau shall give primary emphasis to the problems of 
State and local justice systems.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 301, as added Pub. L. 96-157, Sec. 2, 
Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1176; amended Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 605(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2079.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 3731, Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 301, June 19, 
1968, 82 Stat. 199; Pub. L. 91-644, title I, Sec. 4(1)-(4), Jan. 2, 
1971, 84 Stat. 1882; Pub. L. 93-83, Sec. 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 199; 
Pub. L. 94-503, title I, Secs. 109, 128(b), Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2411, 2424, related to purposes and categories of grants for law 
enforcement and criminal justice purposes, prior to the general 
amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 96-157.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-473 struck out ``(including white-collar crime and 
public corruption)'' after ``information concerning crime'' and 
``(including crimes against the elderly, white-collar crime, and public 
corruption)'' after ``levels of crime''.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

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