28 USC § 504 - Deputy Attorney General

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title: "28 USC § 504 - Deputy Attorney General"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "504"
section_name: "Deputy Attorney General"
chapter_number: 31
chapter_name: "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612; amended Pub. L. 107–77, title VI, § 612(c), Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4004(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812.)"
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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.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612; amended Pub. L. 107–77, title VI, § 612(c), Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 107–273, div. B, title IV, § 4004(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812.)

| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes andStatutes 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 So much of the Act of , as relates to pay is omitted as superseded by , , , which is codified in , United States Code.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 504, acts , ; , , , related to tenure and oath of office of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by , and reenactment in sections 541 and 544 of this title by .

### Amendments

2002— repealed . See 2001 Amendment note below.

2001—, 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amendment of text by inserting “and a Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism” after “General”, was repealed by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Position Relating to Combating Domestic Terrorism

, , , which had authorized appointment of a Deputy Attorney General for Combating Domestic Terrorism, if by , 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 , , .