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Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016

H.R. 4985 · 114th Congress · May 11, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

To amend the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to protect classified information in Federal court challenges.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016”.

Sec. 2 Protection of classified information in Federal court challenges relating to designations under the Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

Section 804 of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1903) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(i) Protection of classified information in Federal court challenges relating to designations—In any judicial review of a determination made under this section, if the determination was based on classified information (as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act) such information may be submitted to the reviewing court ex parte and in camera. This subsection does not confer or imply any right to judicial review.”