---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 0.176"
title: "28"
number: "0.176"
heading: "Congressional proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/0.176"
---

# §0.176. Congressional proceedings.

- (a) A notice of an intention to request an order from a district court compelling testimony or the production of information in a congressional proceeding when submitted to the Attorney General by either House of Congress or a committee or a subcommittee of the Congress pursuant to [18 U.S.C. 6005](/usc/18/6005.md) shall be referred to the Assistant Attorney General of the Division or the Administrator of the Administration having cognizance of the subject matter of the proceedings: Provided, however, That either the notice or a copy thereof shall in any event be referred to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division.
- (b) The Assistant Attorneys General and Deputy Assistant Attorneys General designated in § [0.175 (a)](/cfr/28/0.175.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/28/0.175.md?p=b) are authorized to exercise the power and authority vested in the Attorney General by [18 U.S.C. 6005](/usc/18/6005.md) to apply to a district court of the United States to defer the issuance of an order compelling the testimony of a witness or the production of information in a proceeding before either House of Congress, or any committee or subcommittee of either House, or any joint committee of the two Houses.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Order No. 445-70, 35 FR 19397, Dec. 23, 1970, as amended by Order No. 520-73, 38 FR 18381, July 10, 1973; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52353, Oct. 27, 1981; Order No. 1310-88, 54 FR 298, Jan. 5, 1989]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, 515-519.

### Source

Source: Order No. 423-69, 34 FR 20388, Dec. 31, 1969, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Order No. 445-70, 35 FR 19397, Dec. 23, 1970, as amended by Order No. 520-73, 38 FR 18381, July 10, 1973; Order No. 960-81, 46 FR 52353, Oct. 27, 1981; Order No. 1310-88, 54 FR 298, Jan. 5, 1989]