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18 U.S.C. § 847

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The administration of this chapter shall be vested in the Attorney General. The Attorney General may prescribe such rules and regulations as he deems reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Attorney General shall give reasonable public notice, and afford to interested parties opportunity for hearing, prior to prescribing such rules and regulations.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2018 · leading case: Kristine Bunch v. United States, 880 F.3d 938 (7th Cir. 2018).
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Kristine Bunch v. United States, 880 F.3d 938 (7th Cir. 2018). “The Secretary had authority to promulgate regulations to carry out these powers, 18 U.S.C. § 847 (1994), and he did so in 27 C.”
Bingham, Ltd. v. United States, 724 F.2d 921 (11th Cir. 1984). “This licensing requirement does not apply, however, to “small arms ammunition and components thereof.” 18 U.S.C. § 845 (a)(4). The OCCA defines neither “small arms ammunition” nor “components thereof.”
Tripoli Rocketry Ass'n v. United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives, 337 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004). “18 U.S.C. § 847 requires the Attorney General to "give reasonable public notice, and afford to interested parties opportunity for hearing, prior to prescribing such rules and regulations.”
Bingham, Ltd. v. United States, 545 F. Supp. 987 (N.D. Ga. 1982). “The Bureau, pursuant to the rule-making authority delegated in 18 U.S.C. § 847 , has defined “ammunition” for the purpose of determining exemptions from the explosives licensing requirements to mean “small arms ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or smokeless…”
United States v. James Goff, 517 F. App'x 120 (4th Cir. 2013). · cites it 2× “§ 842 (i)(l), and knowingly storing blasting cap explosives in a manner not in conformity with regulations promulgated by the Attorney General pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 847 , in violation of 18 U.S.”
Dep't of Transp. Auth. to Exempt Canadian Truck Drivers From Crim. Liab. for Transporting Explosives (OLC 2003). “To accept it would be to eviscerate the criminal provisions of chapter 40 and the Attorney General’s prosecutorial and regulatory authority, see 18 U.S.C. § 847 ,6 to enforce those provisions, at least as they apply to commercial transportation.”
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