---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 40313"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "40313"
heading: "Enactment and consent of the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/40313"
units:
  - "Subtitle IV — Criminal Records and Information"
  - "Chapter 403 — Criminal Justice Identification, Information, and Communication"
  - "Subchapter II — Exchange of Criminal History Records for Noncriminal Justice Purposes"
---

# §40313. Enactment and consent of the United States


The National Crime Prevention and Privacy [Compact](/usc/34/40312.md?p=2), as set forth in [section 40316 of this title](/usc/34/40316.md), is enacted into law and entered into by the Federal Government. The consent of Congress is given to [States](/usc/34/40312.md?p=6) to enter into the [Compact](/usc/34/40312.md?p=2).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–251, title II, § 214, Oct. 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 1875.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 14613 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.