DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL AND ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS.

SEC. 7020. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL HIGH LEVEL OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO PERFORM CERTAIN FUNCTIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL AND ANCILLARY PROCEEDINGS. (a) Approval of Certain Civil Rights Prosecutions.—Section 245(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “or the Deputy” and inserting “, the Deputy”; (2) by inserting “, the Associate Attorney General, or any Assistant Attorney General specially designated by the Attorney General” after “Deputy Attorney General”. (b) Approval of Prosecutions for Flight To Avoid Service of Process and Related Proceedings.—Section 1073 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General,” after “the Attorney General”. (c) Definition of “Attorney General” for Purposes of Certain Racketeering Proceedings.—Section 1961(10) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “the Associate Attorney General of the United States,” after “Deputy Attorney General of the United States,”. (d) Summoning of Special Grand Juries.—Section 3331(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting “, the Associate Attorney General” after “Deputy Attorney General”. (e) Requesting Judicial Grant of Immunity in General.—Section 6003(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “, the Associate Attorney General” after “Deputy Attorney General”; and (2) by inserting “or Deputy Assistant Attorney General” after “Assistant Attorney General”. (f) Requesting Judicial Grant of Immunity in Certain Drug Cases.—Section 514(c) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 884(c)) is amended by inserting “, the Associate Attorney General” after “Deputy Attorney General”. (g) Objecting To Disclosure of Classified Information Under the Classified Information Procedures Act.—Section 14 of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App. 14) is amended by inserting “, the Associate Attorney General,” after “Deputy Attorney General”.