---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 12431"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "12431"
heading: "Task force"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/12431"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
  - "Subchapter III — Violence Against Women"
  - "Part H — Domestic Violence Task Force"
---

# §12431. Task force

- (a) **Establish—** The [Attorney General](/usc/34/10307.md?p=1), in consultation with national nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations whose primary expertise is in [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12), shall establish a task force to coordinate research on [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12) and to report to Congress on any overlapping or duplication of efforts on [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12) issues. The task force shall be comprised of representatives from all Federal agencies that fund such research.
- (b) **Uses of funds—** Funds appropriated under this section shall be used to—
  - (1) develop a coordinated strategy to strengthen research focused on [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12) education, prevention, and intervention strategies;
  - (2) track and report all Federal research and expenditures on [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12); and
  - (3) identify gaps and duplication of efforts in [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12) research and governmental expenditures on [domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12) issues.
- (c) **Report—** The Task Force shall report to Congress annually on its work under [subsection (b)](#b).
- (d) **Definition—** For purposes of this section, the term “[domestic violence](/usc/34/12291.md?p=a-12)” has the meaning given such term by [section 10447](/usc/34/10447.md)[^1] of this title.
- (e) **Authorization of Appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2004.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40901, as added Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title IV, § 1407, Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1517.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 10447 of this title, referred to in subsec. (d), was subsequently repealed and a new section 10447 enacted which does not define “domestic violence”. However, such term is defined in section 12291 of this title.

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 14042 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.