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 102 STAT. 4468

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988 (c) REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE.—The Special Committee is

urged to expedite the filing of its report and to include options for legislative action among its findings. The House of Representatives shall give fair, appropriate, and expeditious consideration to the report of the Special Committee.

Subtitle I—Provisions Relating to the Federal Bureau of Investigation SEC. 7331. AUTHORITY FOR THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO INVESTIGATE, UPON REQUEST. FELONIOUS KILLINGS OF STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers "The Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may investigate felonious killings of officials and employees of a State or political subdivision thereof while engaged in or on account of the performance of official duties relating to the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of an offense against the criminal laws of a State or political subdivision, when such investigation is requested by the head of the agency employing the official or employee killed, and under such guidelines as the Attorney General or his designee may establish.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following item: "540. Investigation of felonious killings of State or local law enforcement officers.". Uniform Federal

SEC. 7332. UNIFORM FEDERAL CRIME REPORTING ACT OF 1988.

Ac™f i m ^ ^^^ 28 USC 534 note.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the "Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act of 1988". (b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term "Uniform Crime Reports" means the reports authorized under section 534 of title 28, United States Code, and administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which compiles nationwide criminal statistics for use in law enforcement administration, operation, and management and to assess the nature and type of crime in the United States. (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on Federal criminal offenses as part of the Uniform Crime Reports. (2) REPORTING BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—All departments and agencies within the Federal government (including the Department of Defense) which routinely investigate complaints of criminal activity, shall report details about crime within their respective jurisdiction to the Attorney General in a uniform manner and on a form prescribed by the Attorney General. The reporting required by this subsection shall be limited to the reporting of those crimes comprising the Uniform Crime Reports. (3) DISTRIBUTION OF DATA.—The Attorney General shall distribute data received pursuant to paragraph (2), in the form

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