28 C.F.R. § 20.31 Responsibilities.
Title 28 - Judicial Administration
(a) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shall manage the NCIC. (b) The FBI shall manage the FIRS to support identification and criminal history record information functions for local, state, tribal, and federal criminal justice agencies, and for noncriminal justice agencies and other entities where authorized by federal statute, state statute pursuant to Public Law 92–544, 86 Stat. 1115, Presidential executive order, or regulation or order of the Attorney General of the United States. (c) The FBI CJIS Division may manage or utilize additional telecommunication facilities for the exchange of fingerprints, criminal history record related information, and other criminal justice information. (d) The FBI CJIS Division shall maintain the master fingerprint files on all offenders included in the III System and the FIRS for the purposes of determining first offender status; to identify those offenders who are unknown in states where they become criminally active but are known in other states through prior criminal history records; and to provide identification assistance in disasters and for other humanitarian purposes.
Title 28: Judicial Administration
PART 20—CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Subpart C—Federal Systems and Exchange of Criminal History Record Information
§ 20.31 Responsibilities.
