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[CITE: 42USC3782]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
               SUBCHAPTER VIII--ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3782. Rules, regulations, and procedures; consultations and 
        establishment
        

(a) General authorization of certain Federal agencies

    The Office of Justice Programs, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, 
the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics, and the National Institute of Justice are 
authorized, after appropriate consultation with representatives of 
States and units of local government, to establish such rules, 
regulations, and procedures as are necessary to the exercise of their 
functions, and as are consistent with the stated purposes of this 
chapter.

(b) Continuing evaluation of selected programs or projects; cost, 
        effectiveness, impact value, and comparative considerations; 
        annual performance report; assessment of activity effectiveness; 
        suspension of funds for nonsubmission of report

    The Bureau of Justice Assistance shall, after consultation with the 
National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, State and local 
governments, and the appropriate public and private agencies, establish 
such rules and regulations as are necessary to assure the continuing 
evaluation of selected programs or projects conducted pursuant to 
subchapters V, XII-A, XII-B, XII-C, and XII-I of this chapter, in order 
to determine--
        (1) whether such programs or projects have achieved the 
    performance goals stated in the original application, are of proven 
    effectiveness, have a record of proven success, or offer a high 
    probability of improving the criminal justice system;
        (2) whether such programs or projects have contributed or are 
    likely to contribute to the improvement of the criminal justice 
    system and the reduction and prevention of crime;
        (3) their cost in relation to their effectiveness in achieving 
    stated goals;
        (4) their impact on communities and participants; and
        (5) their implication for related programs.

In conducting evaluations described in this subsection, the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance shall, when practical, compare the effectiveness of 
programs conducted by similar applicants and different applicants. The 
Bureau of Justice Assistance shall also require applicants under part A 
of subchapter V of this chapter to submit an annual performance report 
concerning activities carried out pursuant to part A of subchapter V of 
this chapter together with an assessment by the applicant of the 
effectiveness of those activities in achieving the purposes of section 
3751 of this title and the relationships of those activities to the 
needs and objectives specified by the applicant in the application 
submitted pursuant to section 3753 of this title. The Bureau shall 
suspend funding for an approved application under part A of subchapter V 
of this chapter if an applicant fails to submit such an annual 
performance report.

(c) Procedures for paperwork minimization and prevention of duplication 
        and delays in award and expenditure of funds

    The procedures established to implement the provisions of this 
chapter shall minimize paperwork and prevent needless duplication and 
unnecessary delays in award and expenditure of funds at all levels of 
government.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 801, formerly Sec. 802, as added Pub. L. 
96-157, Sec. 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1201; renumbered Sec. 801 and 
amended Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 609B(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2091; Pub. L. 99-570, title I, Sec. 1552(b)(2), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 
3207-46; Pub. L. 101-647, title II, Sec. 241(b)(2), title VIII, 
Sec. 801(c)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4813, 4826; Pub. L. 103-322, 
title IV, Sec. 40231(d)(1), title XXXIII, Sec. 330001(h)(7), Sept. 13, 
1994, 108 Stat. 1934, 2139.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 801 of Pub. L. 90-351 was classified to section 3781 
of this title prior to repeal by section 609B(a) of Pub. L. 98-473.
    Another prior section 801 of Pub. L. 90-351, title III, June 19, 
1968, 82 Stat. 211, is set out as a note under section 2510 of Title 18, 
Crimes and Criminal Procedure.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-322, in introductory provisions 
substituted ``subchapters'' for ``subchapters IV,'' and ``XII-C, and 
XII-I'' for ``and XII-C'', and in concluding provisions substituted 
``part A of subchapter V of this chapter'' for ``subchapter IV of this 
chapter'' wherever appearing, ``3751'' for ``3743(a)'', and ``3753'' for 
``3743''.
    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 801(c)(1), substituted 
``XII-B, and XII-C'' for ``and XII-B''.
    Pub. L. 101-647, Sec. 241(b)(2), substituted ``XII-A, and XII-B'' 
for ``and XII-A''.
    1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-570 inserted reference to subchapter 
XII-A of this chapter in introductory provisions.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-473 in amending subsec. (a) generally, 
substituted ``Office of Justice Programs'' for ``Office of Justice 
Assistance, Research, and Statistics'' and ``Bureau of Justice 
Assistance'' for ``Law Enforcement Assistance Administration'' and also 
included authority for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention to establish rules, regulations, and procedures for exercise 
of its functions.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-473 in amending subsec. (b) generally, 
substituted ``Bureau of Justice Assistance'' for ``Law Enforcement 
Assistance Administration'' wherever appearing; provided for 
consultations with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention; and struck out provisions respecting: rules, regulations, 
and procedures affecting national priority grant programs or projects; 
evaluations in addition to the requirements of former sections 3743 and 
3744 of this title; and requirement for comparison of effectiveness of 
formula grant programs or projects of States or local units of 
government with similar national priority and discretionary grant 
programs or projects.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-473 in amending section generally, reenacted 
subsec. (c) without change.


                    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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5672, 13707 of this title.
