Pub. L. 93-415, tit. II, pt. C, sec. 241

Sec. 241. (a) There is hereby established within the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Office a National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (b) The National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall be under the supervision and direction of the Assistant Administrator, and shall be headed by a Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office appointed under section 201(f). (c) The activities of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall be coordinated with the activities of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice in accordance with the requirements of section 201(b). (d) The Administrator shall have responsibility for the administration of the organization, employees, enrollees, financial affairs, and other operations of the Institute. (e) The Administrator may delegate his power under the Act to such employees of the Institute as he deems appropriate. (f) It shall be the purpose of the Institute to provide a coordinating center for the collection, preparation, and dissemination of useful data regarding the treatment and control of juvenile offenders, and it shall also be the purpose of the Institute to provide training for representatives of Federal. State, and local law enforcement officers, teachers, and other educational personnel, juvenile welfare workers, juvenile judges and judicial personnel, probation personnel, correctional personnel and other persons, including lay personnel, connected with the treatment and control of juvenile offenders. (g) In addition to the other powers, express and implied, the Institute may— (1) request any Federal agency to supply such statistics, data, program reports, and other material as the Institute deems necessary to carry out its functions; (2) arrange with and reimburse the heads of Federal agencies for the use of personnel or facilities or equipment of such agencies; (3) confer with and avail itself of the cooperation, services, records, and facilities of State, municipal, or other public or private local agencies; (4) enter into contracts with public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, for the partial performance of any functions of the Institute; and (5) compensate consultants and members of technical advisory councils who are not in the regular full-time employ of the United States, at a rate now or hereafter prescribed for GS–18 of the General Schedule by section 5332 of title 5 of the United States 88 Stat. 1126Code and while away from home, or regular place of business, they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (b) Any Federal agency which receives a request from the Institute under subsection (g)(1) may cooperate with the Institute and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult with and furnish information and advice to the Institute.