§ 530B. — Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC530B]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Sec. 530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government
(a) An attorney for the Government shall be subject to State laws
and rules, and local Federal court rules, governing attorneys in each
State where such attorney engages in that attorney's duties, to the same
extent and in the same manner as other attorneys in that State.
(b) The Attorney General shall make and amend rules of the
Department of Justice to assure compliance with this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term ``attorney for the
Government'' includes any attorney described in section 77.2(a) of part
77 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations and also includes any
independent counsel, or employee of such a counsel, appointed under
chapter 40.
(Added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII, Sec. 801(a)],
Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-118.)
Effective Date
Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(b) [title VIII, Sec. 801(c)], Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-50, 2681-119, provided that: ``The amendments
made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998] and shall
apply during that portion of fiscal year 1999 that follows that taking
effect, and in each succeeding fiscal year.''
