US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

28 U.S.C. § 522

Report of business and statistics

(a)
The Attorney General, by April 1 of each year, shall report to Congress on the business of the Department of Justice for the last preceding fiscal year, and on any other matters pertaining to the Department that he considers proper, including—
(1)
a statement of the several appropriations which are placed under the control of the Department and the amount appropriated;
(2)
the statistics of crime under the laws of the United States; and
(3)
a statement of the number of causes involving the United States, civil and criminal, pending during the preceding year in each of the several courts of the United States.
(b)
1
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “the”.
With respect to any data, records, or other information acquired, collected, classified, preserved, or published by the Attorney General for any statistical, research, or other aggregate reporting purpose beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of  21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act and continuing thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the same criteria shall be used (and shall be required to be used, as applicable) to classify or categorize offenders and victims (in the criminal context), and to classify or categorize actors and acted upon (in the noncriminal context).

Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c)80 Stat. 615Pub. L. 94–273, § 1990 Stat. 379Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, § 204(b)116 Stat. 1776(Added , , ; amended , , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Derivation

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Statutes at Large

 

5 U.S.C. 333.

R.S. § 384.

The words “The Attorney General . . . shall report” are substituted for “It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to make . . . a report”. The word “beginning” is substituted for “commencement”. The words “pertaining to the Department that he considers proper” are substituted for “appertaining thereto that he may deem proper”.

Act of Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, § 153 Stat. 1223The words “and a detailed statement of the amounts used for defraying the expenses of the United States courts in each judicial district” are omitted as obsolete in view of the creation of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts by the , (Chapter 41 of this title).

28 U.S.C. 604In paragraph (3), the words “involving the United States” are inserted for clarity. The function of reporting on all cases pending in the United States courts is now vested in the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, see .

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Pub. L. 107–273The date of enactment of 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .

Amendments

Pub. L. 107–2732002— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Pub. L. 94–2731976— substituted “by April 1 of each year” for “at the beginning of each regular session of Congress”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Report to Congress on Banking Law Offenses

Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2546104 Stat. 4885section 41306 of Title 34, , , which requires the Attorney General to report to Congress quarterly, after , on the nature and number of proceedings in progress with respect to banking law offenses, was editorially reclassified as , Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

Congressional Oversight

Pub. L. 100–700, § 6102 Stat. 4634section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66section 1113 of Title 31, , , which required the Attorney General to report annually to Congress on referrals of fraud cases and related matters, terminated, effective , pursuant to , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance. See, also, page 120 of House Document No. 103–7.

Report to Congress on Robberies and Burglaries Involving Controlled Substances

Pub. L. 98–305, § 498 Stat. 222section 2118 of Title 18, , , provided that for each of the first three years after , the Attorney General would submit an annual report to Congress with respect to the enforcement activities of the Attorney General relating to the offenses created by .

Report to Congress on Sexual Exploitation of Children

Pub. L. 98–292, § 998 Stat. 206section 41301 of Title 34, , , which requires the Attorney General to report to Congress annually on prosecutions, convictions, and forfeitures under chapter 110 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, relating to sexual exploitation and other abuse of children, was editorially reclassified as , Crime Control and Law Enforcement.