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• 3/17/2004

  Deployment of United States Armed Forces to Haiti

  The President has authority to order the deployment of the armed forces to Haiti in order to protect American citizens there. The deployment is consistent with the War Powers Resolution. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18876/download.

  3/17/2004

• 3/12/2004

  Apportionment of False Claims Act Recoveries to Agencies

  Whether an agency's revolving fund is entitled to receive from a False Claims Act recovery (in addition to single damages equal to the actual amount of the payment made as a result of the false claim) pre-judgment or pre-settlement interest on that payment and investigative and administrative costs attributable to the false claim depends on whether the fund is authorized to borrow money at interest, earn interest on its own investments, and pay its own investigative and administrative expenses. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18886/download.

  3/12/2004

• 3/1/2004

  Liability of Contractors in Airbridge Denial Programs

  A contractor ordinarily will not be criminally liable for assisting in certain foreign government programs for the aerial interdiction of illegal narcotics traffic. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18881/download.

  3/1/2004

• 2/20/2004

  Status of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

  The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission is subject to the Attorney General's direction in administrative matters, except where that direction would interfere with the Commission's independence in adjudicating claims. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18891/download.

  2/20/2004

• 1/12/2004

  Assertion of Constitutionally Based Privilege Over Reagan Administration Records

  It is legally permissible for President Bush to assert constitutionally based privilege in concurrence with former President Reagan's assertion of constitutionally based privilege over certain Reagan Administration documents that are otherwise required to be released by the National Archives and Records Administration under the Presidential Records Act. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18996/download.

  1/12/2004

• 10/10/2003

  Compliance of Direct Recording Electronic Voting Systems With Help America Vote Act and Americans With Disabilities Act

  A direct recording electronic voting system that produces a contemporaneous paper record, which is not accessible to sight-impaired voters but which allows sighted voters to confirm that their ballots accurately reflect their choices before the system officially records their votes, would be consistent with the Help America Vote Act and with title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, so long as the voting system provides a similar opportunity for sight-impaired voters to verify their ballots before those ballots are finally cast. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18991/download.

  10/10/2003

• 9/22/2003

  Holdover and Removal of Members of Amtrak's Reform Board

  A member of Amtrak's Reform Board whose statutory term has expired may not hold over in office until a successor is appointed. The President may remove a member of the Amtrak Reform Board without cause. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18986/download.

  9/22/2003

• 9/8/2003

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Actions Against Public Employers to Enforce Settlement or Conciliation Agreements

  The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lacks the authority to initiate an action in federal court against a public employer to enforce a settlement or conciliation agreement negotiated by the EEOC during its administrative process. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18981/download.

  9/8/2003

• 9/5/2003

  Temporary Filling of Vacancies in the Office of United States Attorney

  Two statutes that provide for the temporary filling of vacancies in the office of United States Attorney, 28 U.S.C. § 546 and 5 U.S.C. §§ 3345—3349d, operate independently, and either or both may be used for a particular vacancy. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18976/download.

  9/5/2003

• 8/12/2003

  Authority of Chief Financial Officer Under FY 2003 HUD Appropriations

  Provisions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act for FY 2003 did not assign all responsibility for appropriations law matters to HUD's Chief Financial Officer to the exclusion of the General Counsel. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/18971/download.

  8/12/2003