Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection
About This Law
/us/usc/t34/s21721
Title
34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Chapter
STII/CH217
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
Highlight any text to annotate
(a) In generalThe Attorney General, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, shall—(1) establish best practices for data collection to focus on elder abuse; and
(2) provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments in adopting the best practices established under paragraph (1).
(b) DeadlineNot later than 1 year after October 18, 2017, the Attorney General shall publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1) on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner.
(c) LimitationNothing in this section shall be construed to require or obligate compliance with the best practices established under subsection (a)(1).
(Pub. L. 115–70, title II, § 201, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1211.)
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this section.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.