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 PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 1773 " (2) SUBMISSION OF REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—For the purposes of paragraph (1), a report shall be considered to be submitted to the Congress if the report is submitted to— "(A) the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; "(B) the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader of the House of Representatives; "(C) the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate; and "(D) the Senate Legal Counsel and the General Counsel of the House of Representatives. "(b) DEADLINE.^A report shall be submitted^ "(1) under subsection (a)(1)(A), not later than 30 days after the establishment or implementation of each policy; "(2) under subsection (a)(1)(B), within such time as will reasonably enable the House of Representatives and the Senate to take action, separately or jointly, to intervene in timely fashion in the proceeding, but in no event later than 30 days after the making of each determination; and "(3) under subsection (a)(1)(C), not later than 30 days after the conclusion of each fiscal-year quarter, with respect to all approvals occurring in such quarter. "(c) CONTENTS.— ^A report required by subsection (a) shall— "(1) specify the date of the establishment or implementation of the policy described in subsection (a)(l)(A), of the making of the determination described in subsection (a)(1)(B), or of each approval described in subsection (a)(1)(C); "(2) include a complete and detailed statement of the relevant issues and background (including a complete and detailed statement of the reasons for the policy or determination, and the identity of the officer responsible for establishing or implementing such policy, making such determination, or approving such settlement or compromise), except that— "(A) such details may be omitted as may be absolutely necessary to prevent improper disclosure of nationalsecurity- or classified information, of any information subject to the deliberative-process-, executive-, attomey-workproduct-, or attorney-client privileges, or of any information the disclosure of which is prohibited by section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or other law or any court order if the fact of each such omission (and the precise ground or grounds therefor) is clearly noted in the statement: Provided, That this subparagraph shall not be construed to deny to the Congress (including any House, Committee, or agency thereof) any such omitted details (or related information) that it lawfully may seek, subsequent to the submission of the report; and "(B) the requirements of this paragraph shall be deemed satisfied— "(i) in the case of an approval described in subsection (a)(l)(C)(i), if an unredacted copy of the entire settlement agreement and consent decree or order (if any) is provided, along with a statement indicating the legal and factual basis or bases for the settlement

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