Public Law 90-351

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Public Law 90-351 is the formal designation of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, a major U.S. federal law that expanded law enforcement powers and reformed criminal justice procedures.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
omnibus crime bill ⓘ
affects state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ
amends Federal Firearms Act of 1938 ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsTitle Title I – Law Enforcement Assistance ⓘ
Title II – Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance ⓘ
linked to: Wiretap Act

Title III – Wire Interception and Interception of Oral Communications ⓘ
linked to: Wiretap Act

Title IV – Gun Control ⓘ
Title V – General Provisions ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
creates Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ
enactedBy 90th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes federal grants for state and local law enforcement ⓘ
hasImpactOn criminal procedure in the United States ⓘ
federal-state relations in criminal justice policy ⓘ
historicalContext enacted during the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
enacted in response to concerns about rising crime in the 1960s ⓘ
influencedBy President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Crime agenda ⓘ
linked to: War on Crime
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
officialName Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
provides federal funding for crime control programs ⓘ
federal funding for criminal justice research ⓘ
federal funding for police training ⓘ
publicLawNumber 90-351 ⓘ
purpose to assist state and local governments in strengthening and improving law enforcement ⓘ
to control rising crime rates in the United States ⓘ
to improve the administration of criminal justice ⓘ
regulates conditions for lawful wiretaps by law enforcement ⓘ
interception of wire and oral communications ⓘ
relatedTo Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ
Omnibus Crime Control Act legislative proposals of the 1960s ⓘ
setsOut procedures for court-ordered electronic surveillance ⓘ
shortName Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act ⓘ
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate 1968-06-19 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 82 Stat. 197 ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal justice administration ⓘ
electronic surveillance ⓘ
firearms regulation ⓘ
law enforcement funding ⓘ
wiretapping regulation ⓘ
title Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
typeOfLegislation crime control legislation ⓘ
law enforcement assistance legislation ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1968 ⓘ

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