---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 81.3"
title: "28"
number: "81.3"
heading: "Designation of Federal Bureau of Investigation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/81.3"
---

# §81.3. Designation of Federal Bureau of Investigation.


For federal lands, federally operated facilities, or federally contracted facilities where no agency qualifies for designation under [§ 81.2](/cfr/28/81.2.md), the Federal Bureau of Investigation is hereby designated as the agency to receive and investigate reports of child abuse made pursuant to [42 U.S.C. 13031](/usc/42/13031.md) until such time as another agency qualifies as a designated agency under [§ 81.2](/cfr/28/81.2.md).


## Notes

### Source

Source: AG Order No. 6090-2024, 89 FR 92802, Nov. 25, 2024

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted.