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 98 STAT. 2090

PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984 CLEARINGHOUSE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITIES

Public information. 42 USC 3769d.

Contracts.

"SEC. 606. (a) The Director shall provide for the operation of a clearinghouse on the construction and modernization of correctional facilities, which shall collect, prepare, and disseminate to the public and to interested State and local public agencies information, including recommendations, pertaining to the construction and modernization of correctional facilities. Such information shall include information regarding— "(1) new and innovative methods and advanced design that will stand as examples of technology for avoiding delay and reducing costs in correctional facility design, construction, and improvement; "(2) ways in which a construction planning program may be used to improve the administration of the criminal justice system within each State; "(3) recommended minimum standards concerning construction materials and methods, to be updated from time to time to reflect technological advances; "(4) the cost effectiveness of available construction materials, methods, and design technologies; "(5) the training of correctional facility personnel; and "(6) health and safety considerations in construction planning. "(b) The Director is authorized to enter into contracts with private organizations and interagency agreements with the National Institute of Corrections, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice and Statistics, and other appropriate public agencies, to operate the clearinghouse required under this section.". TRAINING AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT

SEC. 609A. (a) Part G of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3771-3775) is amended to read as follows: "PART G—FBI TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL TRAINING AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT 42 USC 3771. Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, Quantico, Va.

Rural areas.

"SEC. 701. (a) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorized to— "(1) establish and conduct training programs at the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy at Quantico, Virginia, to provide, at the request of a State or unit of local government, training for State and local criminal justice personnel; "(2) develop new or improved approaches, techniques, sys' tems, equipment, and devices to improve and strengthen criminal justice; and "(3) assist in conducting, at the request of a State or unit of local government, local and regional training programs for the training of State and local criminal justice personnel engaged in the investigation of crime and the apprehension of criminals. Training for rural criminal justice personnel shall include.

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