[Title 28 CFR H]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 28 - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION]
[Chapter I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 0 - ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Subpart H - Antitrust Division]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


28JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION12002-07-012002-07-01falseHSubpart HJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONDEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                      Subpart H--Antitrust Division



Sec. 0.40  General functions.

    The following functions are assigned to and shall be conducted, 
handled, or supervised by, the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division:
    (a) General enforcement, by criminal and civil proceedings, of the 
Federal antitrust laws and other laws relating to the protection of 
competition and the prohibition of restraints of trade

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and monopolization, including conduct of surveys of possible violations 
of antitrust laws, conduct of grand jury proceedings, issuance and 
enforcement of civil investigative demands, civil actions to obtain 
orders and injunctions, civil actions to recover forfeitures or damages 
for injuries sustained by the United States as a result of antitrust law 
violations, proceedings to enforce compliance with final judgments in 
antitrust suits and negotiation of consent judgments in civil actions, 
civil actions to recover penalties, criminal actions to impose penalties 
including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to 
defraud the Federal Government by violation of the antitrust laws, 
participation as amicus curiae in private antitrust litigation; and 
prosecution or defense of appeals in antitrust proceedings.
    (b) Intervention or participation before administrative agencies 
functioning wholly or partly under regulatory statutes in administrative 
proceedings which require consideration of the antitrust laws or 
competitive policies, including such agencies as the Civil Aeronautics 
Board, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Communications 
Commission, Federal Maritime Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Trade Commission, Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, and Securities and Exchange Commission, except 
proceedings referred to any agency by a federal court as an incident to 
litigation being conducted under the supervision of another Division in 
this Department.
    (c) Developing procedures to implement, receiving information, 
maintaining records, and preparing reports by the Attorney General to 
the President as required by Executive Order 10936 of April 25, 1961 
relating to identical bids submitted to Federal and State departments 
and agencies.
    (d) As the delegate of the Attorney General furnishing reports and 
summaries thereof respecting the competitive factors involved in 
proposed mergers or consolidations of insured banks required by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1828(c)), 
furnishing reports respecting the competitive factors involved in 
proposed acquisitions under the Savings and Loan Holding Company 
Amendments of 1967 (12 U.S.C. 1730a(e)), furnishing advice regarding the 
proposed disposition of surplus Government property required by the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 
U.S.C. 488), furnishing reports regarding deepwater port licenses under 
the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1506), furnishing advice and 
reports regarding federal coal leases under the Federal Coal Leasing 
Amendments Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 184(1)), furnishing advice on oil and 
gas leasing under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 
1978 (43 U.S.C. 1334(a) 1334(f)(3). 1337), furnishing reports and 
recommendations regarding the issuance of licenses for exploration or 
permits for commercial recovery of deep seabed hard minerals pursuant to 
the Deep Seabed Hard Minerals Resources Act (30 U.S.C. 1413(d)), 
furnishing advice or reports regarding contracts or operating agreements 
concerning exploration, development or production of petroleum reserves 
under the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (10 U.S.C. 
7430(g)(1)), and furnishing advice regarding nuclear licenses under the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2135).
    (e) Preparing the approval or disapproval of the Attorney General 
whenever such action is required by statute from the standpoint of the 
antitrust laws as a prerequisite to the development of Defense 
Production Act voluntary programs or agreements and small business 
production or raw material pools, the national defense program and 
atomic energy matters.
    (f) Assembling information and preparing reports required or 
requested by the Congress or the Attorney General as to the effect upon 
the maintenance and preservation of competition under the free 
enterprise system of various Federal laws or programs, including the 
Defense Production Act of 1950, the Small Business Act, the Federal Coal 
Leasing Amendments Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 208-2), the Naval Petroleum 
Reserves Production Act of 1976 (10 U.S.C. 7431(b)(2)), and the joint 
resolution of July 28, 1955, giving consent to the

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Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas.
    (g) Preparing for transmittal to the President, Congress, or other 
departments or agencies views or advice as to the propriety or effect of 
any action, program or practice upon the maintenance and preservation or 
competition under the free enterprise system.
    (h) Representing the Attorney General on interdepartmental or 
interagency committees concerned with the maintenance and preservation 
of competition generally and in various sections of the economy and the 
operation of the free enterprise system and when authorized 
participating in conferences and committees with foreign governments and 
treaty organizations concerned with competition and restrictive business 
practices in international trade.
    (i) Collecting fines, penalties, judgments, and forfeitures arising 
in antitrust cases.
    (j) [Reserved]
    (k) As the delegate of the Attorney General, performance of all 
functions which the Attorney General is required or authorized to 
perform by title III of Public Law 97-290 (15 U.S.C. 4011-4021) with 
respect to export trade certificates of review.

[Order No. 617-75, 40 FR 36118, Aug. 19, 1975, as amended by Order No. 
699-77, 42 FR 15315, Mar. 21, 1977; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52344, Oct. 
27, 1981; Order Nos. 1002-83, 1003-83, 48 FR 9522, 9523, Mar. 7, 1983]



Sec. 0.41  Special functions.

    The following functions are assigned to, and shall be conducted, 
handled, or supervised by, the Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust 
Division:
    (a) Institution of proceedings to impose penalties for violations of 
section 202(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 1070), as 
amended (47 U.S.C. 202(a)), which prohibits common carriers by wire or 
radio from unjustly or unreasonably discriminating among persons, 
classes of persons, or localities.
    (b) Representing the United States in suits pending as of February 
28, 1975, before three-judge district courts under sections 2321-2325 of 
title 28 of the U.S. Code, to enforce, suspend, enjoin, annul, or set 
aside, in whole or in part, any order of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission. (Pub. L. 93-584, Sec. 10, 88 Stat. 1917)
    (c) Representing the United States in proceedings before courts of 
appeals to review orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the 
Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Maritime Commission and 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (28 U.S.C. 2341-2350).
    (d) Representing the Civil Aeronautics Board, and the Secretary of 
the Treasury or his delegates under the Federal Alcohol Administration 
Act, in courts of appeals reviewing their respective administrative 
orders.
    (e) Defending the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegates under 
the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, and the agencies named in 
paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this section or their officers against 
the injunctive actions brought in Federal courts when the matter which 
is the subject of the actions will ultimately be the subject of review 
under paragraph (c), (d), (e) or (g) of this section, or of an 
enforcement action under paragraph (b) of this section.
    (f) Seeking review of or defending judgments rendered in proceedings 
under paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section.
    (g) Acting on behalf of the Attorney General with respect to 
sections 252 and 254 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, 42 
U.S.C. 6272, 6274, including acting on behalf of the Attorney General 
with respect to voluntary agreements or plans of action established 
pursuant to section 252 of that Act.
    (h) [Reserved]
    (i) Acting on behalf of the Attorney General with respect to 
sections 4(b), 4(c) and 4(d) of the National Cooperative Production 
Amendments of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-42, 107 Stat. 117 (15 U.S.C. 4305 
note).
    (j) Defending the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney General, or 
their delegates, in actions to set aside a determination with respect to 
export trade certificates of review under section 305(a) of Public Law 
97-290 (15 U.S.C. 4015(a)).
    (k) Acting on behalf of the Attorney General with respect to section 
6 of the

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National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1984, Pub. L. 98-
462, 98 Stat. 1815, as amended by the National Cooperative Production 
Amendments of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-42, 107 Stat. 117 (15 U.S.C. 4305).

[Order No. 615-75, 40 FR 36118, Aug. 19, 1975, as amended by Order No. 
699-77, 42 FR 15315, Mar. 21, 1977; Order No. 769-78, 43 FR 8256, Mar. 
1, 1978; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52344, Oct. 27, 1981; Order Nos. 1002-
83, 1003-83, 48 FR 9522, 9523, Mar. 7, 1983; Order No. 1077-85, 49 FR 
46372, Nov. 26, 1984; Order No. 1857-94, 59 FR 14101, Mar. 25, 1994]

  Appendix to Subpart H--Delegation of Authority Respecting Denials of 
             Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Requests

                             [Memo No. 79-1]

    1. The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust 
Division, will assume the duties and responsibilities previously 
assigned to the Assistant Attorney General by 28 CFR 16.5 (b) and (c) 
and 16.45(a), as amended July 1, 1977, and defined in those sections, 
for denying requests and obtaining statutory extensions of time under 
the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, et seq., and the Privacy 
Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, et seq.
    2. The Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Litigation, Antitrust 
Division, who signs a denial or partial denial of a request for records 
made under the Freedom of Information Act or the Privacy Act shall be 
the ``person responsible for the denial'' within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 
552(a) and 5 U.S.C. 552a (j) and (k).

[44 FR 54045, Sept. 18, 1979]