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28 U.S.C. § 515 — Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys

submitted 60 years ago by Pub. L. 89-554 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 138 words · no verdicts yet

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Authorizes the Attorney General, certain Justice officers, and specially appointed attorneys to conduct proceedings that United States attorneys may conduct.

(a) When specifically directed, the Attorney General, another Justice Department officer, or a specially appointed attorney may conduct any civil or criminal proceeding that a United States attorney may conduct, including grand-jury proceedings, without living in the district. (b) A specially retained attorney must be commissioned as a special assistant or special attorney and take the required oath; foreign counsel in special cases need not. The Attorney General sets the salary.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)

The Attorney General or any other officer of the Department of Justice, or any attorney specially appointed by the Attorney General under law, may, when specifically directed by the Attorney General, conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal, including grand jury proceedings and proceedings before committing magistrate judges, which United States attorneys are authorized by law to conduct, whether or not he is a resident of the district in which the proceeding is brought.

(b)

Each attorney specially retained under authority of the Department of Justice shall be commissioned as special assistant to the Attorney General or special attorney, and shall take the oath required by law. Foreign counsel employed in special cases are not required to take the oath. The Attorney General shall fix the annual salary of a special assistant or special attorney.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613; amended Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title II, § 203(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1775.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1966Enacted · Pub. L. 89-554 · 80 Stat. 613
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-650 · 104 Stat. 5117
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1775

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-554 on 1966-09-06.

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