2018 US Code
Title 34 - Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information
Chapter 415 - Resource Centers, Task Forces, Databases, and Programs
Sec. 41506 - United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force

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Citation 34 U.S.C. § 41506 (2018)
Section Name §41506. United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force
Section Text (a) Task Force

(1) The Attorney General shall establish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to the law enforcement and homeland security agencies along the border between the United States and Mexico. The Task Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agencies (as appropriate), the Texas Department of Public Safety, and local law enforcement agencies.

(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies participating in the Task Force.

(b) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for—

(1) the establishment and operation of the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force; and

(2) the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of individuals engaged in drug and firearms trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between the United States and Mexico.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, §1106, Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3093.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Section was formerly classified as a note under section 509 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 34 - CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle IV - Criminal Records and Information
CHAPTER 415 - RESOURCE CENTERS, TASK FORCES, DATABASES, AND PROGRAMS
Sec. 41506 - United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force
Contains section 41506
Date 2018
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 14, 2019
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 119 Stat. 3093
Public Law References Public Law 109-162
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