34 USC § 10134 - Use of data

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s10134"
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title: "34 USC § 10134 - Use of data"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "10134"
section_name: "Use of data"
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "JUSTICE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1179; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2080; amended Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1115(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3104.)"
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# § 10134. Use of data

Data collected by the Bureau shall be used only for statistical or research purposes, and shall be gathered in a manner that precludes their use for law enforcement or any purpose relating to a private person or public agency other than statistical or research purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 304, formerly § 305, as added Pub. L. 96–157, § 2, Dec. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 1179; renumbered § 304, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 605(d), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2080; amended Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1115(b), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3104.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Prior Provisions

A prior , as added by , was classified to , The Public Health and Welfare, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2006— substituted “private person or public agency” for “particular individual”.