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[CITE: 28USC515]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and 
        salary for special attorneys
        
    (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 at not more than $12,000.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613; amended 
Pub. L. 101-650, title III, Sec. 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117.)

                      Historical and Revision Notes
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                                                   Revised Statutes and
      Derivation               U.S. Code             Statutes at Large
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(a)..................  5 U.S.C. 310.              June 30, 1906, ch.
                                                   3935, 34 Stat. 816.
(b)..................  5 U.S.C. 315.              R.S. Sec.  366.
                       .........................  Apr. 17, 1930, ch.
                                                   174, 46 Stat. 170.
                       .........................  June 25, 1948, ch.
                                                   646, Sec.  3, 62
                                                   Stat. 985.
                       [Uncodified].              Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328,
                                                   Sec.  202 (1st and 2d
                                                   provisos, as
                                                   applicable to special
                                                   assistants and
                                                   special attorneys),
                                                   67 Stat. 375.
                       [Uncodified].              July 2, 1954, ch. 456,
                                                   Sec.  202 (as
                                                   applicable to special
                                                   assistants and
                                                   special attorneys),
                                                   68 Stat. 421.
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    In subsection (a), the words ``or counselor'' are omitted as 
redundant. The words ``United States attorneys'' are substituted for 
``district attorneys'' on authority of the Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 
646, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 909. The words ``any provision of'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.

                         Change of Name

    Words ``magistrate judges'' substituted for ``magistrates'' in 
subsec. (a) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a 
note under section 631 of this title.
