42 U.S.C. § 5119 : US Code - Section 5119: Reporting child abuse crime information

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5119 : US Code - Section 5119: Reporting child abuse crime information

(a) In general
In each State, an authorized criminal justice agency of the State
shall report child abuse crime information to, or index child abuse
crime information in, the national criminal history background
check system. A criminal justice agency may satisfy the requirement
of this subsection by reporting or indexing all felony and serious
misdemeanor arrests and dispositions.
(b) Provision of State child abuse crime records through national
criminal history background check system
(1) Not later than 180 days after December 20, 1993, the Attorney
General shall, subject to availability of appropriations -
(A) investigate the criminal history records system of each
State and determine for each State a timetable by which the State
should be able to provide child abuse crime records on an on-line
basis through the national criminal history background check
system;
(B) in consultation with State officials, establish guidelines
for the reporting or indexing of child abuse crime information,
including guidelines relating to the format, content, and
accuracy of criminal history records and other procedures for
carrying out this subchapter; and
(C) notify each State of the determinations made pursuant to
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(2) The Attorney General shall require as a part of each State
timetable that the State -
(A) by not later than the date that is 5 years after December
20, 1993, have in a computerized criminal history file at least
80 percent of the final dispositions that have been rendered in
all identifiable child abuse crime cases in which there has been
an event of activity within the last 5 years;
(B) continue to maintain a reporting rate of at least 80
percent for final dispositions in all identifiable child abuse
crime cases in which there has been an event of activity within
the preceding 5 years; and
(C) take steps to achieve 100 percent disposition reporting,
including data quality audits and periodic notices to criminal
justice agencies identifying records that lack final dispositions
and requesting those dispositions.
(c) Liaison
An authorized agency of a State shall maintain close liaison with
the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, the National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children, and the National Center for the
Prosecution of Child Abuse for the exchange of technical assistance
in cases of child abuse.
(d) Annual summary
(1) The Attorney General shall publish an annual statistical
summary of child abuse crimes.
(2) The annual statistical summary described in paragraph (1)
shall not contain any information that may reveal the identity of
any particular victim or alleged violator.
(e) Annual report
The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of
appropriations, publish an annual summary of each State's progress
in reporting child abuse crime information to the national criminal
history background check system.
(f) Study of child abuse offenders
(1) Not later than 180 days after December 20, 1993, the
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention shall begin a study based on a statistically significant
sample of convicted child abuse offenders and other relevant
information to determine -
(A) the percentage of convicted child abuse offenders who have
more than 1 conviction for an offense involving child abuse;
(B) the percentage of convicted child abuse offenders who have
been convicted of an offense involving child abuse in more than 1
State; and
(C) the extent to which and the manner in which instances of
child abuse form a basis for convictions for crimes other than
child abuse crimes.
(2) Not later than 2 years after December 20, 1993, the
Administrator shall submit a report to the Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
containing a description of and a summary of the results of the
study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).