---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10102"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10102"
heading: "Duties and functions of Assistant Attorney General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10102"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter I — Office of Justice Programs"
---

# §10102. Duties and functions of Assistant Attorney General

- (a) **Specific, general and delegated powers—** The Assistant [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall—
  - (1) publish and disseminate information on the conditions and progress of the criminal justice systems;
  - (2) maintain liaison with the executive and judicial branches of the Federal and [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) governments in matters relating to criminal justice;
  - (3) provide information to the President, the Congress, the judiciary, [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) and local governments, and the general public relating to criminal justice;
  - (4) maintain liaison with public and private educational and research institutions, [State](/usc/34/11103.md?p=7) and local governments, and governments of other nations relating to criminal justice;
  - (5) coordinate and provide staff support to coordinate the activities of the Office and the [Bureau of Justice Assistance](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-A), the [National Institute of Justice](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-C), the [Bureau of Justice Statistics](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-D), the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and
  - (6) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Assistant [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) pursuant to this chapter or by delegation of the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1), including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants.
- (b) **Annual report to President and Congress—** The Assistant [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1) shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 102, as added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 603(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2078; amended Pub. L. 107–296, title II, § 236, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2162; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1152, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3113.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(6), was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 90–351, as added by Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1167, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3712 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 102 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1170, described duties and functions of Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, prior to the general amendment of part A of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 98–473.

### Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(a), inserted “the Office for Victims of Crime,” after “the Bureau of Justice Statistics,”.

Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1152(b), inserted “, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants” before period at end.

2002—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 107–296 inserted “coordinate and” before “provide”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 12, 1984, see section 609AA(a) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.