PUBLIC LAW 104-132—APR. 24, 1996
110 STAT. 1251
"(d) EXTRATERRITORL^L JURISDICTION.—T here is extraterritorial
Federal jurisdiction over an offense under this section.
"(e) INVESTIGATIONS.—
"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall conduct any
investigation of a possible violation of this section, or of any
license, order, or regulation issued pursuant to this section.
" (2) COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREAS-
URY.—The Attorney General shall work in coordination with
the Secretary in investigations relating to—
"(A) the compliance or noncompliance by a financial
institution with the requirements of subsection (a)(2); and
"(B) civil penalty proceedings authorized under subsection (b).
"(3) REFERRAL.— Any evidence of a criminal violation of
this section arising in the course of an investigation by the
Secretary or any other Federal agency shall be referred immediately to the Attorney (General for further investigation. The
Attorney General shall timely notify the Secretary of any action
taken on referrals from the Secretary, and may refer investigations to the Secretary for remedial licensing or civil penalty
action.
"(f) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT
BY THE UNITED STATES.—
" (1) DISCOVERY OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION BY DEFEND-
ANTS. —
"(A) REQUEST BY UNITED STATES.—In any civil proceeding under this section, upon request made ex parte and
in writing by the United States, a court, upon a sufficient
showing, may authorize the United States to—
"(i) redact specified items of classified information
from documents to be introduced into evidence or made
available to the defendant through discovery under
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
"(ii) substitute a summary of the information for
such classified documents; or
"(iii) substitute a statement admitting relevant
facts that the classified information would tend to
prove.
" (B) ORDER GRANTING REQUEST.— If the court enters
an order granting a request under this paragraph, the
entire text of the documents to which the request relates
shall be sealed and preserved in the records of the court
to be made available to the appellate court in the event
of an appeal.
"(C) DENIAL OF REQUEST.— If the court enters an order
denying a request of the United States under this paragraph, the United States may take an immediate, interlocutory appeal in accordance with paragraph (5). For purposes
of such an appeal, the entire text of the documents to
which the request relates, together with any transcripts
of arguments made ex parte to the court in connection
therewith, shall be maintained under seal and delivered
to the appellate court.
" (2) INTRODUCTION OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION; PRE-
CAUTIONS BY COURT.—
"(A) EXHIBITS.— To prevent unnecessary or inadvertent
disclosure of classified information in a civil proceeding
Records.
Records.
�
