28 CFR § 81.1 - Purpose.

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title: "28 CFR § 81.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "81.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "81"
part_name: "CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REPORTING DESIGNATIONS AND PROCEDURES, AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY VICTIMS RESERVE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 42 U.S.C. 13031, 13032."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 81.1 Purpose.

The regulations in this subpart designate the agencies that are authorized to receive and investigate reports of child abuse under the provisions of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, Public Law 101-647, 104 Stat. 4806, codified at 42 U.S.C. 13031.

[Order No. 2009-96, 61 FR 7706, Feb. 29, 1996, as amended by Order No. 2692-2003, 68 FR 62372, Nov. 4, 2003]