Grand Jury Disclosure Amendments Act of 1985

Grand Jury Disclosure Amendments Act of 1985 - Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to permit the disclosure of grand jury materials to government attorneys and personnel for use in the performance of government duties for civil purposes without a court order. Permits personnel to whom disclosure of grand jury material has been made for criminal purposes to utilize that material to assist a government attorney in enforcing civil law matters.

Allows the disclosure of grand jury matters otherwise prohibited when so directed by a court upon the showing of particularized need, preliminarily to or in connection with judicial proceedings.

Allows the disclosure of grand jury matters, when permitted by a court at the request of a government attorney upon a showing that such matters may disclose a violation of State criminal law, to an appropriate official of a State or subdivision of a State for the purpose of enforcing such law.