The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Deputy Attorney General.
28 U.S.C. § 504
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
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. |
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA 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.
AMENDMENTS2002- Pub. L. 107-273 repealed Pub. L. 107-77, §612(c) . See 2001 Amendment note below.2001- Pub. L. 107-77, §612(c), which directed amendment of section catchline by substituting "Attorneys" for "Attorney" and amendment of text by inserting "and a Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism" after "General", was repealed by Pub. L. 107-273.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
POSITION RELATING TO COMBATING DOMESTIC TERRORISM Pub. L. 107-77, §612, 115 Stat. 800, which had authorized appointment of a Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism, if by June 30, 2002, the President had not submitted a proposal to restructure the Department of Justice to include a coordinator of Department of Justice activities relating to combating domestic terrorism, or if Congress had failed to enact legislation establishing such a new position, was repealed by Pub. L. 107-273, §4004, 116 Stat. 1812.