§ 13. Reports to Congress

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–456 § 13 · 94 Stat. 2025

   Enacted · -us-usc-t18a-pl-96-456-s13

   Pub. L. 96–456, § 13, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2030

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–456, § 13, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2030

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 13. reports to congress (a) Consistent with applicable authorities and duties, including those conferred by the Constitution upon the executive and legislative branches, the Attorney General shall report orally or in writing semiannually to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States House of Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, and the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives on all cases where a decision not to prosecute a violation of Federal law pursuant to section 12(a) has been made. (b) The Attorney General shall deliver to the appropriate committees of Congress a report concerning the operation and effectiveness of this Act and including suggested amendments to this Act. For the first three years this Act is in effect, there shall be a report each year. After three years, such reports shall be delivered as necessary.

2. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–306 title VIII § 811(b)(3) · 116 Stat. 2383

   1. Added · -us-usc-t18a-pl-96-456-s13-b; -us-usc-t18a-pl-96-456-s13-c

      Pub. L. 107–306 added subsec. (b)

   2. Redesignated · -us-usc-t18a-pl-96-456-s13-b; -us-usc-t18a-pl-96-456-s13-c

      Pub. L. 107–306 redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 107–306 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Classified information procedures act.— Section 13 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): “(b) In the case of the semiannual reports (whether oral or written) required to be submitted under subsection (a) to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, the submittal dates for such reports shall be as provided in section 507 of the National Security Act of 1947.”.

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