[Title 28 CFR 13]
[Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition) - July 1, 2002 Edition]
[Title 28 - JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION]
[Chapter I - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE]
[Part 13 - ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS REWARDS REGULATIONS]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]


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PART 13--ATOMIC WEAPONS AND SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS REWARDS REGULATIONS--Table of Contents




Sec.
13.1  Purpose.
13.2  Policy.
13.3  Definitions.
13.4  Procedures: Responsibilities of the Attorney General.
13.5  Procedures: Responsibilities of the intra-departmental committee.
13.6  Criteria for reward.
13.7  Judicial review.

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. 47d.

    Source: Order No. 974-82, 47 FR 11516, Mar. 17, 1982, unless 
otherwise noted.



Sec. 13.1  Purpose.

    This part implements the responsibility given to the Attorney 
General under the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 47a-47f, for determining what persons are entitled to a 
reward for furnishing certain original information to the United States 
pertaining to atomic weapons and special nuclear material.



Sec. 13.2  Policy.

    This program is intended to reward the provision of original 
information regarding situations involving an illegal diversion, an 
attempted illegal diversion, or a conspiracy to divert special nuclear 
material or atomic weapons. The broad scope of this program is to help 
guard against the loss or diversion of such material and to prevent any 
use or disposition thereof inimical to the common defense and security.



Sec. 13.3  Definitions.

    Atomic energy means all forms of energy released in the course of 
nuclear fission or nuclear transformation.
    Atomic weapon means any device utilizing atomic energy, exclusive of 
the means for transporting or propelling the device (where such means is 
a separable and divisible part of the device), the principal purpose of 
which is for use as, or for development of, a weapon, a weapon 
prototype, or a weapon test device.
    Original information means information first supplied to the Federal 
government by the applicant, which was created or compiled through his 
own skill and judgment.
    Special nuclear material means plutonium, or uranium enriched in the 
isotope 233 or in the isotope 235, or any other material which is found 
to be special nuclear material pursuant to the provisions of the Atomic 
Energy Act of 1954, 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
    United States, when used in a geographical sense, includes Puerto 
Rico, all Territories and possessions of the United States and the Canal 
Zone except in Sec. 13.4(a)(4). In Sec. 13.4(a)(4), United States, when 
used in a geographical sense, means the continental United States, 
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United 
States.



Sec. 13.4  Procedures: Responsibilities of the Attorney General.

    When a submission is made to the Department of Justice for a reward 
under the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards Act, the 
Attorney General shall:
    (a) Refer such submission for review to an intra-departmental 
committee composed of the Assistant Attorneys

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General for the Land and Natural Resources Division, the Criminal 
Division, and the Office of Legal Counsel or their delegates;
    (b) Review the proposed finding of the review committee and 
determine whether a reward is justified and the amount of same;
    (c) Secure the approval of the President for any reward over 
$50,000;
    (d) Jointly determine (along with the Secretary of State and the 
Director of Central Intelligence), if the award is to go to an alien, 
whether the entry of such alien into the United States is in the public 
interest and whether that alien and members of his immediate family may 
receive immigrant visas and be admitted to the United States for 
permanent residence, notwithstanding the requirements of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act;
    (e) Notify any person claiming an award of the determination 
regarding the claim and the amount of the reward, if any. If no reward 
is determined to be justified, state the reasons, consistent with 
national security, for the denial;
    (f) Certify and transmit, along with the approval of the President 
if necessary, any award to be made to the Director of Central 
Intelligence for payment out of funds appropriated or available for the 
administration of the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, 50 
U.S.C. 401 et seq;
    (g) Not certify any amount over $500,000.



Sec. 13.5  Procedures: Responsibilities of the intra-departmental committee.

    When the Attorney General refers a submission for a reward to the 
intra-departmental committee, this committee:
    (a) Shall consult with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the 
Department of Energy regarding the reward;
    (b) May consult with the Central Intelligence Agency and any other 
departments or agencies it deems appropriate to aid in the determination 
of whether a reward should be given and the proper amount of the reward;
    (c) May hold hearings for the purpose of securing and evaluating 
information; a full hearing on the record with oral presentation and 
cross-examination is not required;
    (d) Shall determine whether the information submitted fits one or 
more of the rewardable categories outlined in Sec. 13.6;
    (e) Shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for the 
reward. Federal employees and military personnel whose duties include 
investigating activities covered by this Act are not eligible for a 
reward for information acquired in the course of their investigation;
    (f) Shall submit to the Attorney General a proposed finding as to 
eligibility and a recommendation for the amount of the reward within 60 
days of the date of referral from the Attorney General, unless good 
cause is shown for extending the time of review.



Sec. 13.6  Criteria for reward.

    (a) Information provided by any person to the United States for a 
reward under the Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials Rewards 
Act must be original, and must concern the unlawful:
    (1) Introduction, manufacture or acquisition, or
    (2) Attempted introduction, manufacture or acquisition of, or
    (3) Export or attempt to export, or
    (4) Conspiracy to introduce, manufacture, acquire or export special 
nuclear material or atomic weapons, or
    (5) Loss, diversion or disposal or special nuclear material or 
atomic weapons.
    (b) The amount of the reward shall depend on:
    (1) The amount of the material recovered or potentially recoverable, 
and the role the information played in the recovery, and
    (2) The danger the material posed or poses to the common defense and 
security or public health and welfare, and
    (3) The difficulty in ascertaining the information submitted to 
claim the reward, and the quality of the information, and
    (4) Any other considerations which the Attorney General or the 
intra-departmental committee deems necessary or helpful to the 
individual determination.

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Sec. 13.7  Judicial review.

    The decision of the Attorney General is final and conclusive and no 
court shall have power or jurisdiction to review it.