Section was formerly classified to section 3796cc of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Another section 1601 of Pub. L. 90–351, title XI, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 239, is set out as a note under section 10101 of this title.

A prior section 1601 of Pub. L. 90–351 was renumbered section 2601 and is classified to section 10541 of this title.

Effective Aug. 1, 2000, all functions of Director of Bureau of Justice Assistance, other than those enumerated in section 10142(3) to (6) of this title, transferred to Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice Programs, see section 1000(a)(1) [title I, § 108(b)] of Pub. L. 106–113, set out as a note under section 10141 of this title.