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Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel: Consisting of Selected Memorandum Opinions Advising the President of the United States, the Attorney General and Other Executive Officers of the Federal Government in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 14, 1990

NCJ Number
141888
Date Published
1990
Length
185 pages
Annotation
This report presents 21 selected memorandum opinions of the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel issued in 1990 regarding the official duties of Federal executive officers, including the President and the Attorney General.
Abstract
One opinion examines the scope of the prohibition in Section 582 of Public Law No. 101-167, the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1990 and whether violation of or conspiracy to violate Section 582 is punishable as a criminal offense. Another opinion concludes that agents of the Department of Justice Inspector General can be considered "investigative or law enforcement officers" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. Section 2510(7). The Office of Legal Counsel concludes that aircraft may be leased to foreign countries to assist in international narcotics control under the authority of subsection 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 22 U.S.C. Section 2318(a)(2). An opinion holds that the Attorney General may require the Federal Parole Commission, a component of the Department of Justice for administrative purposes, to inform the Office of Policy Development of its regulatory initiatives and may also require the Commission to submit its proposed regulations to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.