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[CITE: 28USC505]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 505. Solicitor General

    The President shall appoint in the Department of Justice, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Solicitor General, learned 
in the law, to assist the Attorney General in the performance of his 
duties.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612.)

                      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. 293.              R.S. Sec.  347 (less
                                                   last sentence).
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    So much of R.S. Sec. 347 as relates to the pay of the Solicitor 
General is omitted as superseded by Sec. 303(c) of the Act of Aug. 14, 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 505, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 909, 
related to residence of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. 
L. 89-554, Sec. 8(a), and reenactment in section 545 of this title by 
section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89-554.
