[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 38, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 38CFR14.560]

[Page 575]
 
            TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF
 
                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
 
PART 14_LEGAL SERVICES, GENERAL COUNSEL, AND MISCELLANEOUS
 
Sec.  14.560  Procedure where violation of penal statutes is involved 

including those offenses coming within the purview of the Assimilative
Crime Act (18 
          U.S.C. 13).

    The Department of Justice, or the U.S. Attorneys, are charged with 
the duty and responsibility of interpreting and enforcing criminal 
statutes, and the final determination as to whether the evidence in any 
case is sufficient to warrent prosecution is a matter solely for their 
determination. If the Department of Justice or U.S. Attorney decides to 
initiate action, the Regional Counsel will cooperate as may be 
requested. The Regional Counsel will promptly bring to the attention of 
the General Counsel any case wherein he or she is of the opinion that 
criminal or civil action should be initiated notwithstanding a decision 
by the U.S. Attorney not to bring such action; any case where action has 
been inordinately delayed; and any case which would cause significant 
publicity or notoriety.

(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501)

[50 FR 24767, June 13, 1985, as amended at 68 FR 17551, Apr. 10, 2003]