---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 10201"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "10201"
heading: "Evaluation"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/10201"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Comprehensive Acts"
  - "Chapter 101 — Justice System Improvement"
  - "Subchapter V — Bureau of Justice Assistance Grant Programs"
  - "Part C — Administrative Provisions"
---

# §10201. Evaluation

- (a) **Guidelines and comprehensive evaluations—** To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of [programs](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) funded under this subchapter, the [National Institute of Justice](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-C) shall—
  - (1) develop guidelines, in cooperation with the [Bureau of Justice Assistance](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-A), to assist [State](/usc/34/10105.md) and local units of government to conduct [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) [evaluations](/usc/34/10251.md?p=a-10); and
  - (2) conduct a reasonable number of comprehensive [evaluations](/usc/34/10251.md?p=a-10) of [programs](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) funded under [section 10156](/usc/34/10156.md) (formula grants) and [section 10171](/usc/34/10171.md) (discretionary grants) of this title.
- (b) **Criteria for selecting programs for review—** In selecting [programs](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) for review, the Director of the [National Institute of Justice](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-C) should consider—
  - (1) whether the [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) establishes or demonstrates a new and innovative approach to drug or crime control;
  - (2) the cost of the [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) to be evaluated and the number of similar [programs](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) funded under [section 10156](/usc/34/10156.md) (formula grants) of this title;
  - (3) whether the [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) has a high potential to be replicated in other [jurisdictions](/usc/34/20971.md?p=e-3); and
  - (4) whether there is substantial public awareness and community involvement in the [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2). Routine auditing, monitoring, and internal assessment of a [State](/usc/34/10105.md) and local drug control [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2)’s progress shall be the sole responsibility of the [Bureau of Justice Assistance](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-A).
- (c) **Annual report—** The Director of the [National Institute of Justice](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-C) shall annually report to the President, the [Attorney General](/usc/34/10251.md?p=a-15), and the Congress on the nature and findings of the [evaluation](/usc/34/10251.md?p=a-10) and research and development activities funded under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–351, title I, § 520, as added Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6091(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4337; amended Pub. L. 101–647, title XVIII, § 1801(b), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4848; Pub. L. 109–162, title XI, § 1111(c)(2)(B), Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3101.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 3766 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Some section numbers or references in amendment notes below reflect the classification of such sections or references prior to editorial reclassification.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 520 of Pub. L. 90–351, title I, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 90–462, § 1, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 638; Pub. L. 91–644, title I, § 7(8), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1888; Pub. L. 93–83, § 2, Aug. 6, 1973, 87 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 544, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1142; Pub. L. 94–430, § 3, Sept. 29, 1976, 90 Stat. 1348; Pub. L. 94–503, title I, § 126, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2423, related to authorization of appropriations, prior to the general amendment of title I of Pub. L. 90–351 by Pub. L. 96–157.

### Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(i), substituted “program evaluations” for “the program evaluations as required by section 3751(c) of this title”.

Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(ii), substituted “evaluations of programs funded under section 3755 (formula grants) and section 3762a (discretionary grants) of this title” for “evaluations of programs funded under section 3756 (formula grants) and sections 3761 and 3762a (discretionary grants) of this title”.

Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 109–162, § 1111(c)(2)(B)(iii), substituted “programs funded under section 3755 (formula grants)” for “programs funded under section 3756 (formula grants) and section 3761 (discretionary grants)”.

1990—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “sections 3761 and 3762a” for “section 3761”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 109–162 applicable with respect to the first fiscal year beginning after Jan. 5, 2006, and each fiscal year thereafter, see section 1111(d) of Pub. L. 109–162, set out as a note under section 10151 of this title.