28 USC 504: Deputy Attorney General

28 USC 504: Deputy Attorney General Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000

From Title 28-JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDUREPART II-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICECHAPTER 31-THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

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§504. Deputy Attorney General

The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Deputy Attorney General.

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, §4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Derivation	U.S. Code	Revised Statutes and Statutes at Large
	5 U.S.C. 294.	Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1006, §1 (so much of 2d par. under "Department of Justice" as provides for appointment, pay, and duties of an assistant to the Attorney General), 32 Stat. 1062 .
	[Uncodified].	1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, §3, eff. May 24, 1950, 64 Stat. 1261.

The words "may appoint" are substituted for "is authorized to appoint". So much of the Act of Mar. 3, 1903, as relates to pay is omitted as superseded by §303(c) of the Act of Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–426, 78 Stat. 416 , which is codified in section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 504, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 909 ; Mar. 18, 1959, Pub. L. 86–3, §11(b), 73 Stat. 9 , related to tenure and oath of office of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), and reenactment in sections 541 and 544 of this title by section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89–554.

Cross References

Compensation of Deputy Attorney General, see section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.