institute amendments

institute amendments Sec. 117. (a) Section 402 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended— (1) by striking out “Administrator” in the third sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof “Attorney General”; (2) in the second paragraph of subsection (c), by striking out “to evaluate” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “to make evaluations and to receive and review the results of evaluations of”; (3) in the second paragraph of subsection (e), by adding at the end the following: “The Institute shall, in consultation with State planning agencies, develop criteria and procedures for the performance and reporting of the evaluation of programs and projects carried out under this title, and shall disseminate information about such criteria and procedures to State planning agencies. The Institute shall also assist the Administrator in the performance of those duties mentioned in section 515(a) of this title.”; 90 STAT. 2417 (4) by inserting immediately before the final paragraph of subsection (c) the following: “The Institute shall, in consultation with the National Institute on Drug Abuse, make studies and undertake programs of research to determine the relationship between drug abuse and crime and to evaluate the success of the various types of drug treatment programs in reducing crime and shall report its findings to the President, the Congress, and the State planning agencies and, upon request, to units of genera] local government”; and (5) by adding at the end of such subsection the following: “The Institute shall, before September 30, 1977, survey existing and future needs in correctional facilities in the Nation and the adequacy of Federal, State, and local programs to meet such needs. Such survey shall specifically determine the effect of anticipated sentencing reforms such as mandatory minimum sentences on such needs. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Director of the Institute shall make maximum use of statistical and other related information of the Department of Labor, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the General Accounting Oft ice. Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies and other appropriate public and private agencies. “The Institute shall identify programs and projects carried out under this title which have demonstrated success in improving law enforcement and criminal justice and in furthering the purposes of this title, and which offer the likelihood of success if continued or repeated. The Institute shall compile lists of such programs and projects for the Administrator who shall disseminate them to State planning agencies and, upon request, to units of general local government”. (b) Section 402(b)(8) of such Act is amended by striking out “, and to evaluate the success of correctional procedures”.