Common use of Attorney General guidelines Clause in Contracts

Attorney General guidelines. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days of en- actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidelines specifying the factors to be used by the Department of Justice in rendering a de- cision whether to prosecute a violation of Fed- eral law in which, in the judgment of the Attor- xxx General, there is a possibility that classified information will be revealed. Such guidelines shall be transmitted to the appropriate commit- tees of Congress. (b) When the Department of Justice decides not to prosecute a violation of Federal law pur- suant to subsection (a), an appropriate official of the Department of Justice shall prepare writ- ten findings detailing the reasons for the deci- sion not to prosecute. The findings shall in- clude— (1) the intelligence information which the Department of Justice officials believe might be disclosed, (2) the purpose for which the information might be disclosed, (3) the probability that the information would be disclosed, and (4) the possible consequences such disclosure would have on the national security. (Pub. L. 96–456, § 12, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2029.)

Attorney General guidelines. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days of en- actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidelines specifying the factors to be used by the Department of Justice in rendering a de- cision whether to prosecute a violation of Fed- eral law in which, in the judgment of the Attor- xxx General, there is a possibility that classified information will be revealed. Such guidelines shall be transmitted to the appropriate commit- tees of Congress. (b) When the Department of Justice decides not to prosecute a violation of Federal law pur- suant to subsection (a), an appropriate official of the Department of Justice shall prepare writ- ten findings detailing the reasons for the deci- sion not to prosecute. The findings shall in- clude— (1) the intelligence information which the Department of Justice officials believe might be disclosed, (2) the purpose for which the information might be disclosed, (3) the probability that the information would be disclosed, and (4) the possible consequences such disclosure would have on the national security. (Pub. L. 96–456, § 12, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2029.) References in Text The enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), means Oct. 15, 1980.

Attorney General guidelines. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days of en- actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue guidelines specifying the factors to be used by the Department of Justice in rendering a de- cision whether to prosecute a violation of Fed- eral law in which, in the judgment of the Attor- xxx General, there is a possibility that classified information will be revealed. Such guidelines shall be transmitted to the appropriate commit- tees of Congress. (b) When the Department of Justice decides not to prosecute a violation of Federal law pur- suant to subsection (a), an appropriate official of the Department of Justice shall prepare writ- ten findings detailing the reasons for the deci- sion not to prosecute. The findings shall in- clude— Page 11 TITLE 18, APPENDIX—CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACT (1) the intelligence information which the Department of Justice officials believe might be disclosed, (2) the purpose for which the information might be disclosed, (3) the probability that the information would be disclosed, and (4) the possible consequences such disclosure would have on the national security. (Pub. L. 96–456, § 12, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2029.)