34 USC § 40315 - Enforcement and implementation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s40315"
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title: "34 USC § 40315 - Enforcement and implementation"
title_number: 34
title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
section_number: "40315"
section_name: "Enforcement and implementation"
chapter_number: 403
chapter_name: "CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "EXCHANGE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FOR NONCRIMINAL JUSTICE PURPOSES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–251, title II, § 216, Oct. 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 1875.)"
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# § 40315. Enforcement and implementation

All departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the United States shall enforce the Compact and cooperate with one another and with all Party States in enforcing the Compact and effectuating its purposes. For the Federal Government, the Attorney General shall make such rules, prescribe such instructions, and take such other actions as may be necessary to carry out the Compact and this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–251, title II, § 216, Oct. 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 1875.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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