PUBLIC LAW 107-296—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2161 (16) To carry out other duties assigned by the Attorney General to accompHsh the mission of the Office. (c) COMPETITION REQUIRED. —Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, all research and development carried out by or through the Office shall be carried out on a competitive basis. (d) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES. —Federal agencies shall, upon request from the Office and in accordance with Federal law, provide the Office with any data, reports, or other information requested, unless compliance with such request is otherwise prohibited by law. (e) PUBLICATIONS.— Decisions concerning publications issued by the Office shall rest solely with the Director of the Office. (f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS. —The Office may transfer funds to other Federal agencies or provide funding to non-Federal entities through grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to carry out its duties under this section. (g) ANNUAL REPORT. — The Director of the Office shall include with the budget justification materials submitted to Congress in support of the Department of Justice budget for each fiscal year (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report on the activities of the Office. Each such report shall include the following: (1) For the period of 5 fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted— (A) the Director's assessment of the needs of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies for assistance with respect to law enforcement technology and other matters consistent with the mission of the Office; and (B) a strategic plan for meeting such needs of such law enforcement agencies. (2) For the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such budget is submitted, a description of the activities carried out by the Office and an evaluation of the extent to which those activities successfully meet the needs assessed under paragraph (1)(A) in previous reports. SEC. 233. DEFINITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY. 6 USC 163. For the purposes of this title, the term "law enforcement technology" includes investigative and forensic technologies, corrections technologies, and technologies that support the judicial process. SEC. 234. ABOLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6 USC 164. OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE; TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS. (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNCTIONS. —The Attorney General may transfer to the Office any other program or activity of the Department of Justice that the Attorney General, in consultation with the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, determines to be consistent with the mission of the Office. (b) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL AND ASSETS. —With respect to any function, power, or duty, or any program or activity, that is established in the Office, those employees and assets of the element of the Department of Justice from which the transfer is made that the Attorney General determines are needed to perform that function, power, or duty, or for that program or activity, as the case may be, shall be transferred to the Office.
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