National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

This data collection is conducted under the authority of Title 28, United States Code (U.S.C.), section (§) 534, subsections (a) and (c); the Uniform Federal Crime Reporting Act (UFCRA) of 1988, 34 U.S.C. § 41303; the Hate Crime Statistics Act, 34 U.S.C. § 41305, modified by the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009), Public Law (Pub. L.) § 4708; the Anti-Arson Act of 1982, 18 U.S.C. § 841 note; the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, 34 U.S.C. § 41309; the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-177 § 307, subsection (e) Reporting of Cargo Theft, 120 Statutes at Large (Stat.) 193, 240 (2006); and 34 U.S.C. § 12532, the FBI was designated by the Attorney General to acquire, collect, classify, and preserve national data on criminal offenses as part of the FBI Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Program.