34 U.S.C. § 20111 — Establishment of Office for Victims of Crime

(a) Office established within Department of Justice. This section creates an Office for Victims of Crime inside the Department of Justice, called "the Office" in this subchapter.

(b) Appointment of Director; authority; restrictions. The President appoints a Director to head the Office. The Director reports to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs, and has final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts the Office awards. The Director can't have any other job, and can't hold office in, or act for, any organization the Office contracts or otherwise agrees with.

(c) Duties of Director. The Director must: (1) manage the money made available under section 20101 of this title; (2) provide funds to eligible states under sections 20102 and 20103 of this title; (3) set up programs under section 20103(c) of this title, on terms the Director decides fit that subsection; (4) cooperate with, and give technical assistance to, states, units of local government, and other public and private organizations or international agencies working on crime-victim issues; and (5) handle any other functions the Attorney General assigns.