28 USC § 588 - Expenses

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s588"
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title: "28 USC § 588 - Expenses"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "588"
section_name: "Expenses"
chapter_number: 39
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES TRUSTEES"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 95–598, title II, § 224(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2664.)"
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# § 588. Expenses

Necessary office expenses of the United States trustee shall be allowed when authorized by the Attorney General.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 95–598, title II, § 224(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2664.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

, as amended, which provided for the repeal of this section and the deletion of any references to United States Trustees in this title at a prospective date, was repealed by . See note set out preceding .