Agency Cooperation With Attorney General's Review of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016 Presidential Campaigns

• Published date: 29 May 2019
• Record Number: 2019-11369
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2019)]
                [Presidential Documents]
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                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-11369]
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                Vol. 84
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                No. 103
                May 29, 2019
                Part IVThe President-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                Memorandum of May 23, 2019--Agency Cooperation With Attorney General's
                Review of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016 Presidential
                Campaigns
                 Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 84 , No. 103 / Wednesday, May 29, 2019 /
                Presidential Documents
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Memorandum of May 23, 2019
                
                Agency Cooperation With Attorney General's Review
                 of Intelligence Activities Relating to the 2016
                 Presidential Campaigns
                 Memorandum for the Secretary of State[,] the Secretary
                 of the Treasury[,] the Secretary of Defense[,] the
                 Attorney General[,] the Secretary of Energy[,] the
                 Secretary of Homeland Security[,] the Director of
                 National Intelligence[, and] the Director of the
                 Central Intelligence Agency
                 By the authority vested in me as President by the
                 Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                 America, I hereby direct the following:
                 Section 1. Agency Cooperation. The Attorney General is
                 currently conducting a review of intelligence
                 activities relating to the campaigns in the 2016
                 Presidential election and certain related matters. The
                 heads of elements of the intelligence community, as
                 defined in 50 U.S.C. 3003(4), and the heads of each
                 department or agency that includes an element of the
                 intelligence community shall promptly provide such
                 assistance and information as the Attorney General may
                 request in connection with that review.
                 Sec. 2. Declassification and Downgrading. With respect
                 to any matter classified under Executive Order 13526 of
                 December 29, 2009 (Classified National Security
                 Information), the Attorney General may, by applying the
                 standard set forth in either section 3.1(a) or section
                 3.1(d) of Executive Order 13526, declassify, downgrade,
                 or direct the declassification or downgrading of
                 information or intelligence that relates to the
                 Attorney General's review referred to in section 1 of
                 this memorandum. Before exercising this authority, the
                 Attorney General should, to the extent he deems it
                 practicable, consult with the head of the originating
                 intelligence community element or department. This
                 authority is not delegable and applies notwithstanding
                 any other authorization or limitation set forth in
                 Executive Order 13526.
                 Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
                 memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise
                 affect:
                (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
                the head thereof; or
                (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
                relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
                 (b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent
                 with applicable law and subject to the availability of
                 appropriations.
                 (c) The authority in this memorandum shall
                 terminate upon a vacancy in the office of Attorney
                 General, unless expressly extended by the President.
                 (d) This memorandum is not intended to, and does
                 not, create any right or benefit, substantive or
                 procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
                 party against the United States, its departments,
                 agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
                 agents, or any other person.
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                 (e) The Attorney General is authorized and directed
                 to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                 Washington, May 23, 2019
                [FR Doc. 2019-11369
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