§ 504. — Deputy Attorney General.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC504]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Sec. 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, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612; amended
Pub. L. 107-77, title VI, Sec. 612(c), Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 800;
Pub. L. 107-273, div. B, title IV, Sec. 4004(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat.
1812.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Statutes and
Derivation U.S. Code Statutes at Large
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5 U.S.C. 294. Mar. 3, 1903, ch.
1006, Sec. 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, Sec. 3, eff. May
24, 1950, 64 Stat.
1261.
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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omitted as superseded by Sec. 303(c) of the Act of Aug. 14, 1964, Pub.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, Sec. 11(b), 73 Stat. 9, related to tenure and
oath of office of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
89-554, Sec. 8(a), and reenactment in sections 541 and 544 of this title
by section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89-554.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-273 repealed Pub. L. 107-77, Sec. 612(c). See 2001
Amendment note below.
2001--Pub. L. 107-77, Sec. 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Combating Domestic Terrorism'' after ``General'', was repealed by Pub.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.
Position Relating to Combating Domestic Terrorism
Pub. L. 107-77, title VI, Sec. 612, Nov. 28, 2001, 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, div.
B, title IV, Sec. 4004(f), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1812.
