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[CITE: 42USC5611]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 72--JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--PROGRAMS AND OFFICES
 
       Part A--Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office
 
Sec. 5611. Establishment


(a) Placement within Department of Justice under general authority of 
        Attorney General

    There is hereby established an Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention (hereinafter in this division \1\ referred to as 
the ``Office'') within the Department of Justice under the general 
authority of the Attorney General.
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    \1\ See References in Text note below.
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(b) Administrator; head, appointment, authorities, etc.

    The Office shall be headed by an Administrator (hereinafter in this 
subchapter referred to as the ``Administrator'') appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, from among 
individuals who have had experience in juvenile justice programs. The 
Administrator is authorized to prescribe regulations consistent with 
this chapter to award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, 
evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and 
applications for, funds made available under this subchapter. The 
Administrator shall have the same reporting relationship with the 
Attorney General as the directors of other offices and bureaus within 
the Office of Justice Programs have.

(c) Deputy Administrator; appointment, functions, etc.

    There shall be in the Office a Deputy Administrator who shall be 
appointed by the Attorney General. The Deputy Administrator shall 
perform such functions as the Administrator may from time to time assign 
or delegate and shall act as the Administrator during the absence or 
disability of the Administrator.

(Pub. L. 93-415, title II, Sec. 201(a)-(f), Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 
1112, 1113; Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(1)-(3)(A), (4), (5), Oct. 3, 1977, 
91 Stat. 1048, 1049; Pub. L. 96-509, Secs. 6, 19(b), Dec. 8, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2752, 2762; Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 620, Oct. 12, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2108; Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7252(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 
Stat. 4436; Pub. L. 102-586, Sec. 2(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 4984.)

                       References in Text

    This division, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means division 
II (Secs. 610-670) of chapter VI of title II of Pub. L. 98-473, Oct. 12, 
1984, 98 Stat. 2107, which made numerous amendments to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this division to the Code, see Short Title of 
1984 Amendment note set out under section 5601 of this title and Tables.
    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 93-415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1109, as amended, 
which enacted this chapter, sections 3772 to 3774 and 3821 of this 
title, and sections 4351 to 4353 and 5038 to 5042 of Title 18, Crimes 
and Criminal Procedure, amended sections 3701, 3723, 3733, 3768, 3811 to 
3814, 3882, and 3883 to 3888 of this title, section 5108 of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, and sections 5031 to 5037 of 
Title 18, and repealed section 3889 of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 5601 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-586 amended third sentence generally, 
substituting ``The Administrator shall have the same reporting 
relationship with the Attorney General as the directors of other offices 
and bureaus within the Office of Justice Programs have'' for ``The 
Administrator shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant 
Attorney General who heads the Office of Justice Programs under part A 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968''.
    1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-690 struck out ``and whose function 
shall be to supervise and direct the National Institute for Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention established by section 5651 of this 
title'' after ``Attorney General'' in first sentence and ``also'' after 
``The Deputy Administrator shall'' in second sentence.
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending subsec. (a) 
generally, substituted provisions relating to establishment of the 
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for former 
provisions which also provided for the establishment of the Office and 
its administration by an Administrator.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending subsec. (b) generally, 
substituted provisions relating to functions and duties of the 
Administrator for former provisions which related to administration of 
the program.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending subsec. (c) generally, 
substituted provisions relating to Deputy Administrator for former 
provisions which related to nomination of the Administrator by the 
President.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending section generally, struck 
out subsec. (d) which related to powers of the Administrator. See 
subsec. (b) of this section.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending section generally, struck 
out subsec. (e) which related to Deputy Administrator. See subsec. (c) 
of this section.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 98-473, in amending section generally, struck 
out subsec. (f) which related to supervision of the National Institute 
for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-509, Sec. 6(a), substituted ``under 
the general authority of the Attorney General'' for ``Law Enforcement 
Assistance Administration''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-509, Sec. 19(b)(1), substituted 
``Administrator'' for ``Associate Administrator'' as the name of the 
official heading the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention and struck out provisions that had governed the meaning to be 
placed upon the use of the title ``Associate Administrator''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-509, Secs. 6(b), 19(b)(2), substituted 
``Administrator'' for ``Associate Administrator'' wherever appearing, 
struck out provisions that had required the former Associate 
Administrator to report directly to the Administrator, and provided that 
the Administrator exercise all necessary powers under the general 
authority of the Attorney General rather than the Administrator of the 
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, clarified that the 
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention is authorized to prescribe regulations for all grants and 
contracts available under part B and part C of this subchapter, and 
provided that the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance 
Administration and the Director of the National Institute of Justice may 
delegate authority to the Administrator for all juvenile justice and 
delinquency prevention grants and contracts for funds made available 
under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-509, Secs. 6(c), 19(b)(3), substituted 
``Deputy Administrator'' for ``Deputy Associate Administrator'', 
``Administrator'' for ``Associate Administrator'', ``Attorney General'' 
for ``Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration'', 
and ``office'' for ``Office''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-509, Secs. 6(d), 19(b)(4), substituted 
``Deputy Administrator'' for ``Deputy Associate Administrator'' and 
``Attorney General'' for ``Administrator''.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(1), inserted provisions 
relating to administration of provisions of this chapter.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(2), (3)(A), inserted 
provisions relating to statutory references to the Associate 
Administrator and substituted ``an Associate'' for ``an Assistant''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(3)(A), (4), inserted 
provisions relating to powers of the Associate Administrator over grants 
and contracts and provisions relating to reporting requirement and 
substituted ``The Associate Administrator shall exercise'' for ``The 
Assistant Administrator shall exercise''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(3)(A), (5), substituted 
references to Deputy Associate Administrator and Associate Administrator 
for references to Deputy Assistant Administrator and Assistant 
Administrator, respectively, wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95-115, Sec. 3(a)(5), substituted ``Associate'' 
for ``Assistant''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-690 effective Oct. 1, 1988, see section 
7296(a) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-473 effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 
670(a) of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 5601 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-115 effective Oct. 1, 1977, see section 
263(c) of Pub. L. 93-415, as added by Pub. L. 95-115, set out as a note 
under section 5601 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5603, 5651, 13001a of this 
title; title 39 section 3220.
