---
kind: "section"
citation: "18A U.S.C. § 14"
title: "18a"
title_heading: "Unlawful Possession or Receipt of Firearms"
number: "14"
heading: "Functions of Attorney General may be exercised by Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, or a designated Assistant Attorney General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18a/14"
units:
  - "Act — Classified Information Procedures Act"
---

# §14. Functions of Attorney General may be exercised by Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, or a designated Assistant Attorney General


The functions and duties of the Attorney General under this Act may be exercised by the Deputy Attorney General, the Associate Attorney General, or by an Assistant Attorney General designated by the Attorney General for such purpose and may not be delegated to any other official.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–456, § 14, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2030; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7020(g), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4396.)

## Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–690 inserted “, the Associate Attorney General,” after “Deputy Attorney General”.