# Justice Manual § 8-3.010: Introduction

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.010

## Section

- **Citation:** Justice Manual § 8-3.010
- **Heading:** Introduction
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** DOJ Justice Manual / Title 8: Civil Rights / 8-3.000 - Enforcement Of Civil Rights Criminal Statutes / Justice Manual § 8-3.010

## Text

The United States Attorneys and the Civil Rights Division share responsibility for enforcement of criminal civil rights statutes. The Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division and the Civil Rights Division’s Criminal Section oversee that enforcement. The principal criminal statutes whose enforcement is overseen by the Civil Rights Division are 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Conspiracy to Injure Citizens in the Exercise of Federal Rights); 18 U.S.C. § 242 (Willful Deprivations of Federal Rights Under Color of Law); 18 U.S.C. § 245 (Interference with Federally Protected Activities); 18 U.S.C. § 247 (Damage to Religious Property); 18 U.S.C. § 248 (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances); 18 U.S.C. § 249 (Hate Crime Prevention Act); 250 (Civil Rights Offenses Involving Sexual Misconduct); 42 U.S.C. § 3631 (Interference with Fair Housing Activities); 18 U.S.C. § 1581 (Peonage); 18 U.S.C. § 1584 (Involuntary Servitude); 18 U.S.C. § 1589 (Forced Labor); 18 U.S.C. § 1590 (Trafficking with Respect to Servitude); 18 U.S.C. § 1591 (Sex Trafficking); 18 U.S.C. § 1592 (Document Servitude), and 18 U.S.C. § 1594(a), (b), and (c) (Attempting and Conspiring to Violate Trafficking Statutes). United States Attorneys’ Offices, working in coordination with the Civil Rights Division, are jointly responsible for enforcement of criminal civil rights statutes in their individual districts.

[updated December 2022]

## Nearby sections

- [Justice Manual § 8-3.010 Introduction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.010.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.100 Coordination of Activities](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.100.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.120 Staffing Cases](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.120.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.130 Cases of National Interest](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.130.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.135 High Profile Civil Rights Incident](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.135.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.140 Advance Notice/Prior Approvals of Indictments](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.140.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.141 Certification Provisions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.141.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.150 Declinations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.150.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.160 Appeals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.160.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.170 Cooperation with State Prosecutions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.170.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.180 Subpoenas Issued to FBI Agents or Other Federal Agents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.180.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.190 Notification to Parties of Closing File](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.190.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.195 Production or Disclosure in Federal And State Proceedings of Material or Information in Civil Rights Division Files](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.195.md)
- [Justice Manual § 8-3.200 Prior Approvals](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/JM_S8-3.200.md)

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