18 U.S.C. § 847
Section 847 · Rules and regulations
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Bingham, Ltd. v. United States (1984)
Most recently applied in Bunch v. United States (January 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the Attorney General. The Attorney General may prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Attorney General shall give reasonable public notice, and afford to interested parties opportunity for hearing, prior to prescribing such rules and regulations.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Amendments
2002—Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “Attorney General” for “Secretary” wherever appearing.
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective 60 days after Nov. 25, 2002, see section 4 of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as an Effective Date note under section 101 of Title 6, Domestic Security.