Title: Report to Congress on the Use of Administrative Subpoena Authorities by Executive Branch Agencies and Entities
Headings: Report to Congress on the  Use of
Administrative Subpoena
Authorities by Executive Branch
Agencies and Entities

Report to Congress on the  Use of
Administrative Subpoena
Authorities by Executive Branch
Agencies and Entities
U.S.  Department of Justice
Office of Legal Policy
Report to  Congress on the Use of Administrative Subpoena
Authorities by Executive Branch Agencies and Entities,
Pursuant to P.L. 106-544, Section 7
Report to  Congress on the Use of Administrative Subpoena
Authorities by Executive Branch Agencies and Entities,
Pursuant to P.L. 106-544, Section 7
Appendix A1:
Appendix A2:
Appendix B:
Appendix C:
Administrative Subpoena Authorities Held by the Department of Treasury

Content: Definitions and Methodologies. For purposes of this report, “administrative  subpoena” authority has been defined to include all powers, regardless of name,  that Congress has granted to federal agencies to make an administrative or  civil investigatory demand compelling document production or testimony. Civil  compulsory process authorities with provision for judicial enforcement are  included. Grand jury subpoenas, administrative law judge subpoenas, and  investigative authorities requiring judicial approval are not within the scope of the report. Appendices A, B, and C of this report contain  the full responses submitted by executive branch entities, as supplemented by  legal research. Findings. Congress grants the subpoena power held by  executive branch entities, and the scope and exercise of these authorities are  bound by statute. As the single most  significant source of administrative subpoena power is granted by the Inspector  General Act of 1978, the Inspector General subpoena authority is discussed in a  separate, detailed Subsection II.B. The study reveals a complex proliferation  of widely varying subpoena powers authorized by Congress. Submissions from  executive branch entities and legal research identified approximately 335  existing administrative subpoena authorities held by various executive branch  entities under current law. Some of these  subpoena authorities lack clear enforcement mechanisms.