Section 0.40 - General functionsThe 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 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 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.(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.(l) As the delegate of the Attorney General, performance of all functions that the Attorney General is required or authorized to perform by section 708 of the Defense Production Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4558 ).Order No. 617-75, 40 FR 36118, 8/19/1975, as amended by Order No. 699-77, 42 FR 15315, 3/21/1977; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52344, 10/27/1981; Order Nos. 1002-83, 1003-83, 48 FR 9522, 9523, 3/7/1983; Order No. 4917-2020, 85 FR 75846, 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