---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 21722"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "21722"
heading: "Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/21722"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Protection of Children and Other Persons"
  - "Chapter 217 — Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution"
  - "Subchapter II — Improved Data Collection and Federal Coordination"
---

# §21722. Effective interagency coordination and Federal data collection

- (a) **In general—** The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis—
  - (1) collect from Federal [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors’ offices statistical data related to [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2) cases, including cases or investigations where one or more victims were [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1), or the case or investigation involved a financial scheme or scam that was either targeted directly toward or largely affected [elders](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1); and
  - (2) publish on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner—
    - (A) a summary of the data collected under [paragraph (1)](#a-1); and
    - (B) recommendations for collecting additional data relating to [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2), including recommendations for ways to improve data reporting across Federal, [State](/usc/34/21701.md?p=3), and local agencies.
- (b) **Requirement—** The data collected under [subsection (a)(1)](#a-1) shall include—
  - (1) the total number of investigations initiated by Federal [law enforcement](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1) agencies, other agencies as appropriate, and Federal prosecutors’ offices related to [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2);
  - (2) the total number and types of [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2) cases filed in Federal courts; and
  - (3) for each case described in [paragraph (2)](#b-2)—
    - (A) the name of the district where the case originated;
    - (B) the style of the case, including the case name and number;
    - (C) a description of the act or acts giving rise to the [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2);
    - (D) in the case of a scheme or scam, a description of such scheme or scam giving rise to the [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2);
    - (E) information about each alleged perpetrator of the [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2); and
    - (F) the outcome of the case.
- (c) **HHS requirement—** The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on an annual basis, provide to the Attorney General statistical data collected by the Secretary relating to [elder abuse](/usc/34/21701.md?p=2) cases investigated by [adult protective services](/usc/34/21701.md?p=1), which shall be included in the summary published under [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2).
- (d) **Prohibition on individual data—** None of the information reported under this section shall include specific individually identifiable data.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–70, title II, § 202, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1211.)