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[CITE: 42USC3769d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
  SUBCHAPTER VI--CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION: PILOT PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3769d. Clearinghouse on the construction and modernization 
        of criminal justice facilities
        

(a) Functions; information

    The Director shall provide for the operation of a clearinghouse on 
the construction and modernization of correctional facilities, which 
shall collect, prepare, and disseminate to the public and to interested 
State and local public agencies information, including recommendations, 
pertaining to the construction and modernization of correctional 
facilities. Such information shall include information regarding--
        (1) new and innovative methods and advanced design that will 
    stand as examples of technology for avoiding delay and reducing 
    costs in correctional facility design, construction, and 
    improvement;
        (2) ways in which a construction planning program may be used to 
    improve the administration of the criminal justice system within 
    each State;
        (3) recommended minimum standards concerning construction 
    materials and methods, to be updated from time to time to reflect 
    technological advances;
        (4) the cost effectiveness of available construction materials, 
    methods, and design technologies;
        (5) the training of correctional facility personnel; and
        (6) health and safety considerations in construction planning.

(b) Authority of Director

    The Director is authorized to enter into contracts with private 
organizations and interagency agreements with the National Institute of 
Corrections, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, and other appropriate public agencies, to operate the 
clearinghouse required under this section.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 606, as added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, 
Sec. 609, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2090; amended Pub. L. 103-322, title 
XXXIII, Sec. 330001(h)(6), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2139.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 606 of Pub. L. 90-351 was renumbered section 506 and 
classified to section 3766 of this title. See note set out preceding 
section 3750 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``Justice 
Statistics'' for ``Justice and Statistics''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of 
Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 3742(3) to 
(6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office 
of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, Sec. 108(b)] of 
Pub. L. 106-113, set out as a note under section 3741 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3769b of this title.
