34 U.S.C. § 12131 — Ounce of Prevention Council

(a) Establishment. (1) There is an Ounce of Prevention Council. (A) Its members must include the Attorney General and the Secretaries of Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Agriculture, the Treasury, and the Interior, plus the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. (B) It may include other executive branch officials the President names. (2) The President picks the Council's Chair from among its members. (3) The Council may hire staff it needs and may hand off its duties or powers to one or more of its members. (b) Program coordination. For any program authorized under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Chair may coordinate that program through the Council — but only when the Council member in charge of that program asks for it. (c) Administrative responsibilities and powers. Beyond program coordination, the Council must handle coordinated planning, build a catalogue of crime-prevention programs, help communities and community groups get information about crime-prevention programs and integrated services, and develop strategies to integrate programs and simplify grants. The Council may audit how grantees spend money under programs it administers or coordinates. In consultation with the Council, the Chair may issue regulations and guidelines to carry out this part and the programs the Council runs or coordinates.