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legal/us/code/title-34/chapter-217/section-21721.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "34 U.S.C. § 21721"
+description: "Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 34
+title_name: "CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT"
+chapter_number: "217"
+chapter_name: "ELDER ABUSE PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION"
+section: "21721"
+citation: "34 U.S.C. § 21721"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc34@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t34/s21721"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 34 U.S.C. § 21721 - Establishment of best practices for local, State, and Federal data collection
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general The Attorney General, in consultation with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, shall—
+
+(1) establish best practices for data collection to focus on elder abuse; and
+
+(2) provide technical assistance to State, local, and tribal governments in adopting the best practices established under paragraph (1).
+
+(b) Deadline Not later than 1 year after October 18, 2017, the Attorney General shall publish the best practices established under subsection (a)(1) on the website of the Department of Justice in a publicly accessible manner.
+
+(c) Limitation Nothing in this section shall be construed to require or obligate compliance with the best practices established under subsection (a)(1).
+
+(Pub. L. 115–70, title II, § 201, Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1211.)