Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

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United States federal statute

The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is a major U.S. federal law that expanded law enforcement powers, regulated electronic surveillance, and provided funding and standards for criminal justice programs nationwide.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 canonical	9
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act	1
omnibus crime bill	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ
acronym	OCCSSA ⓘ
affects	Fourth Amendment privacy jurisprudence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ surface form: Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act Title III wiretap statute ⓘ
amendedBy	Electronic Communications Privacy Act ⓘ surface form: Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (related areas) ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ
codifiedSection	18 U.S.C. §§ 2510–2520 ⓘ
containsTitle	Title I – Law Enforcement Assistance ⓘ Wiretap Act ⓘ surface form: Title II – Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Wiretap Act ⓘ surface form: Title III – Wire Interception and Interception of Oral Communications Title IV – Gun Control (later largely superseded) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdAgency	Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ surface form: Office of Law Enforcement Assistance (expanded and replaced)
enactedBy	90th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	civil remedies for unlawful electronic surveillance ⓘ criminal penalties for illegal wiretapping ⓘ procedures for interception of oral communications ⓘ procedures for interception of wire communications ⓘ
historicalContext	enacted during the Johnson administration’s War on Crime ⓘ
influencedBy	concerns about rising crime rates in the 1960s ⓘ
legalDomain	federal criminal procedure ⓘ surveillance law ⓘ
policyArea	criminal justice ⓘ electronic surveillance ⓘ gun control ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ
providesFundingFor	criminal justice research and planning ⓘ local law enforcement agencies ⓘ state law enforcement agencies ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 90-351 ⓘ
purpose	to establish national standards for criminal justice programs ⓘ to provide federal funding for state and local law enforcement ⓘ to regulate electronic surveillance by law enforcement ⓘ to strengthen law enforcement powers in response to rising crime rates ⓘ
regulates	electronic surveillance by law enforcement ⓘ wiretapping by law enforcement ⓘ
relatedTo	Gun Control Act of 1968 ⓘ War on Crime ⓘ
requires	judicial authorization for most wiretaps ⓘ probable cause for interception of wire and oral communications ⓘ
setsStandardFor	court-ordered wiretaps ⓘ
setsUp	block grant program for criminal justice ⓘ
shortName	Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
signingDate	1968-06-19 ⓘ
title	An Act to assist State and local governments in reducing the incidence of crime, to increase the effectiveness, fairness, and coordination of law enforcement and criminal justice systems at all levels of government, and for other purposes ⓘ
yearEnacted	1968 ⓘ

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Instruction

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Subject: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
Description of subject: The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is a major U.S. federal law that expanded law enforcement powers, regulated electronic surveillance, and provided funding and standards for criminal justice programs nationwide.

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Special Litigation Section → legalAuthority → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

National Institute of Justice → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → partOf → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → createdBy → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → shortName → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

FBI Director → legalBasis → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

90th United States Congress → passed → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

Crime Control Act of 1990 → legalForm → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

this entity surface form: omnibus crime bill

Wiretap Act → partOf → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ

United States v. Donovan → relatedTo → Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ