Placement within Department of Justice under general authority of Attorney General
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Administrator; head, appointment, authorities, etc.
The Office shall be headed by an Administrator (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Administrator”) appointed by the President from among individuals who have had experience in juvenile justice programs. The Administrator is authorized to prescribe regulations consistent with this chapter to award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and applications for, funds made available under this subchapter. The Administrator shall have the same reporting relationship with the Attorney General as the directors of other offices and bureaus within the Office of Justice Programs have.
Deputy Administrator; appointment, functions, etc.
There shall be in the Office a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Attorney General. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator may from time to time assign or delegate and shall act as the Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator.
Pub. L. 93–415, title II, § 201(a)88 Stat. 1112 Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(1)91 Stat. 1048 Pub. L. 96–50994 Stat. 2752 Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 62098 Stat. 2108 Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7252(a)102 Stat. 4436 Pub. L. 102–586, § 2(a)106 Stat. 4984 Pub. L. 112–166, § 2(h)(4)126 Stat. 1285 (–(f), , , 1113; –(3)(A), (4), (5), , , 1049; , §§ 6, 19(b), , , 2762; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 98–47398 Stat. 2107 section 10101 of this titleThis division, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means division II (§§ 610–670) of chapter VI of title II of , , , which made numerous amendments to this chapter. For complete classification of this division to the Code, see Short Title of 1984 Act note set out under and Tables.
Pub. L. 93–41588 Stat. 1109 section 10101 of this titleThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1974 Act note set out under and Tables.
Codification
section 5611 of Title 42Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.
Amendments
Pub. L. 112–1662012—Subsec. (b). struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,” after “President”.
Pub. L. 102–5861992—Subsec. (b). amended third sentence generally, substituting “The Administrator shall have the same reporting relationship with the Attorney General as the directors of other offices and bureaus within the Office of Justice Programs have” for “The Administrator shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General who heads the Office of Justice Programs under part A of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968”.
Pub. L. 100–690section 5651 of this title1988—Subsec. (c). struck out “and whose function shall be to supervise and direct the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention established by ” after “Attorney General” in first sentence and “also” after “The Deputy Administrator shall” in second sentence.
Pub. L. 98–4731984—Subsec. (a). , in amending subsec. (a) generally, substituted provisions relating to establishment of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for former provisions which also provided for the establishment of the Office and its administration by an Administrator.
Pub. L. 98–473Subsec. (b). , in amending subsec. (b) generally, substituted provisions relating to functions and duties of the Administrator for former provisions which related to administration of the program.
Pub. L. 98–473Subsec. (c). , in amending subsec. (c) generally, substituted provisions relating to Deputy Administrator for former provisions which related to nomination of the Administrator by the President.
Pub. L. 98–473Subsec. (d). , in amending section generally, struck out subsec. (d) which related to powers of the Administrator. See subsec. (b) of this section.
Pub. L. 98–473Subsec. (e). , in amending section generally, struck out subsec. (e) which related to Deputy Administrator. See subsec. (c) of this section.
Pub. L. 98–473Subsec. (f). , in amending section generally, struck out subsec. (f) which related to supervision of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Pub. L. 96–509, § 6(a)1980—Subsec. (a). , substituted “under the general authority of the Attorney General” for “Law Enforcement Assistance Administration”.
Pub. L. 96–509, § 19(b)(1)Subsec. (c). , substituted “Administrator” for “Associate Administrator” as the name of the official heading the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and struck out provisions that had governed the meaning to be placed upon the use of the title “Associate Administrator”.
Pub. L. 96–509Subsec. (d). , §§ 6(b), 19(b)(2), substituted “Administrator” for “Associate Administrator” wherever appearing, struck out provisions that had required the former Associate Administrator to report directly to the Administrator, and provided that the Administrator exercise all necessary powers under the general authority of the Attorney General rather than the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, clarified that the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is authorized to prescribe regulations for all grants and contracts available under part B and part C of this subchapter, and provided that the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Director of the National Institute of Justice may delegate authority to the Administrator for all juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grants and contracts for funds made available under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
Pub. L. 96–509Subsec. (e). , §§ 6(c), 19(b)(3), substituted “Deputy Administrator” for “Deputy Associate Administrator”, “Administrator” for “Associate Administrator”, “Attorney General” for “Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration”, and “office” for “Office”.
Pub. L. 96–509Subsec. (f). , §§ 6(d), 19(b)(4), substituted “Deputy Administrator” for “Deputy Associate Administrator” and “Attorney General” for “Administrator”.
Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(1)1977—Subsec. (a). , inserted provisions relating to administration of provisions of this chapter.
Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(2)Subsec. (c). , (3)(A), inserted provisions relating to statutory references to the Associate Administrator and substituted “an Associate” for “an Assistant”.
Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(3)(A)Subsec. (d). , (4), inserted provisions relating to powers of the Associate Administrator over grants and contracts and provisions relating to reporting requirement and substituted “The Associate Administrator shall exercise” for “The Assistant Administrator shall exercise”.
Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(3)(A)Subsec. (e). , (5), substituted references to Deputy Associate Administrator and Associate Administrator for references to Deputy Assistant Administrator and Assistant Administrator, respectively, wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 95–115, § 3(a)(5)Subsec. (f). , substituted “Associate” for “Assistant”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Pub. L. 112–166section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166section 113 of Title 6Amendment by effective 60 days after , and applicable to appointments made on and after that effective date, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see , set out as a note under , Domestic Security.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Pub. L. 100–690section 7296(a) of Pub. L. 100–690section 11101 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–473section 670(a) of Pub. L. 98–473section 11101 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–115section 263(c) of Pub. L. 93–415Pub. L. 95–115Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7266(2)102 Stat. 4449 section 11101 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , as added by and repealed by , , , formerly set out as a note under .
Mentoring Matches for Youth
Pub. L. 109–248, title VI120 Stat. 631
SHORT TITLE.
“This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Mentoring Matches for Youth Act of 2006’.
FINDINGS.
GRANT PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS MENTORING PROGRAM.
“In each of fiscal years 2007 through 2012, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘Administrator’) may make grants to Big Brothers Big Sisters of America to use for expanding the capacity of and carrying out the Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs for at-risk youth.