34 USC § 12532 - Gang investigation coordination and information collection

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s12532"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "34 USC § 12532 - Gang investigation coordination and information collection"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "12532"
section_name: "Gang investigation coordination and information collection"
chapter_number: 121
chapter_name: "VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "CRIMINAL STREET GANGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 103–322, title XV, § 150008, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2036.)"
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# § 12532. Gang investigation coordination and information collection

**(a)** **Coordination** The Attorney General (or the Attorney General’s designee), in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee), shall develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies.

**(b)** **Data collection** The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall acquire and collect information on incidents of gang violence for inclusion in an annual uniform crime report.

**(c)** **Report** January 1, 1996

The Attorney General shall prepare a report on national gang violence outlining the strategy developed under subsection (a) to be submitted to the President and Congress by .

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 103–322, title XV, § 150008, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2036.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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