{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-app.-classified-information-procedures-act-2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. App., CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACT, § 2","heading":"Pretrial conference","body":"At any time after the filing of the indictment or information, any party may move for a pretrial conference to consider matters relating to classified information that may arise in connection with the prosecution. Following such motion, or on its own motion, the court shall promptly hold a pretrial conference to establish the timing of requests for discovery, the provision of notice required by section 5 of this Act, and the initiation of the procedure established by section 6 of this Act. In addition, at the pretrial conference the court may consider any matters which relate to classified information or which may promote a fair and expeditious trial. No admission made by the defendant or by any attorney for the defendant at such a conference may be used against the defendant unless the admission is in writing and is signed by the defendant and by the attorney for the defendant.","path":["Title 18—APPENDIX","CLASSIFIED INFORMATION PROCEDURES ACT"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18a@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:57Z","sha256":"ec77045a70aa634d8a0b28771b902bcdca05570a0e9681c1d74e2f3f827e4ca3","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-app.-classified-information-procedures-act-1","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-app.-classified-information-procedures-act-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}