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[CITE: 28USC501]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 501. Executive department

    The Department of Justice is an executive department of the United 
States at the seat of Government.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 611.)

                      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. 291 (less last    R.S. Sec.  346 (less
                        10 words).                 last 10 words).
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    The words ``There shall be'', referring to the establishment of the 
Department, are omitted as executed.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 501, acts June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 909; Mar. 
18, 1959, Pub. L. 86-3, Sec. 11(a), 73 Stat. 9, related to appointment 
of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89-554, 
Sec. 8(a), and reenactment in section 541 of this title by section 4(c) 
of Pub. L. 89-554.


  Specific Authorization of Appropriations Required for Department of 
                                 Justice

    Pub. L. 94-503, title II, Sec. 204, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 2427, 
provided that: ``No sums shall be deemed to be authorized to be 
appropriated for any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1978, 
for the Department of Justice (including any bureau, agency, or other 
similar subdivision thereof) except as specifically authorized by Act of 
Congress with respect to such fiscal year. Neither the creation of a 
subdivision in the Department of Justice, nor the authorization of an 
activity of the Department, any subdivision, or officer thereof, shall 
be deemed in itself to be an authorization of appropriations for the 
Department of Justice, such subdivision, or activity, with respect to 
any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1978.''
