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2002 U.S. Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 18 - APPENDIX
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACT
Sec. 9A - Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
TITLE 18 - APPENDIX
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACT
Sec. 9A - Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information
Containssection 9A
Date2002
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 2003
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 96-456, §9A, as added Pub. L. 106-567, title VI, §607, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2855.
Presidential Document Number ReferencesExecutive Order 12958
Statutes at Large Reference114 Stat. 2855
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 96-456, Public Law 106-567

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§9A. Coordination requirements relating to the prosecution of cases involving classified information

(a) Briefings Required.—The Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division and the appropriate United States attorney, or the designees of such officials, shall provide briefings to the senior agency official, or the designee of such official, with respect to any case involving classified information that originated in the agency of such senior agency official.

(b) Timing of Briefings.—Briefings under subsection (a) with respect to a case shall occur—

(1) as soon as practicable after the Department of Justice and the United States attorney concerned determine that a prosecution or potential prosecution could result; and

(2) at such other times thereafter as are necessary to keep the senior agency official concerned fully and currently informed of the status of the prosecution.


(c) Senior Agency Official Defined.—In this section, the term “senior agency official” has the meaning given that term in section 1.1 of Executive Order No. 12958.

(Pub. L. 96–456, §9A, as added Pub. L. 106–567, title VI, §607, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2855.)

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Executive Order No. 12958, referred to in subsec. (c), is set out as a note under section 435 of Title 50, War and National Defense.

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