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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-56 Section 701]
[CITE: 42USC3796h]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                 CHAPTER 46--JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
 
         SUBCHAPTER XII-A--REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS
 
Sec. 3796h. Regional information sharing systems grants


(a) Authority of Director

    The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to 
make grants and enter into contracts with State and local criminal 
justice agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of 
identifying, targeting, and removing criminal conspiracies and 
activities spanning jurisdictional boundaries.

(b) Purposes

    Grants and contracts awarded under this subchapter shall be made 
for--
        (1) maintaining and operating information sharing systems that 
    are responsive to the needs of participating enforcement agencies in 
    addressing multijurisdictional offenses and conspiracies, and that 
    are capable of providing controlling input, dissemination, rapid 
    retrieval, and systematized updating of information to authorized 
    agencies;
        (2) establishing and operating an analytical component to assist 
    participating agencies and projects in the compilation, 
    interpretation, and presentation of information provided to a 
    project;
        (3) establishing and maintaining a telecommunication of the 
    information sharing and analytical programs in clauses (1) and (2); 
    and
        (4) other programs designated by the Director that are designed 
    to further the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) Rules and regulations

    The Director is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations 
as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including 
rules and regulations for submitting and reviewing applications.

(Pub. L. 90-351, title I, Sec. 1301, as added Pub. L. 100-690, title VI, 
Sec. 6101(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4340.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1301 of Pub. L. 90-351 was renumbered section 2501 
and is classified to section 3797 of this title.
    Another prior section 1301 of Pub. L. 90-351, title VIII, June 19, 
1968, 82 Stat. 237, amended section 3731 of Title 18, Crimes and 
Criminal Procedure.
    For other prior sections 1301 of Pub. L. 90-351 and prior section 
3796h of this title, see note set out preceding this section.

                          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.
