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[CITE: 28USC526]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                    CHAPTER 31--THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
Sec. 526. Authority of Attorney General to investigate United 
        States attorneys, marshals, and trustees, clerks of court, and 
        others
        
    (a) The Attorney General may investigate the official acts, records, 
and accounts of--
        (1) the United States attorneys, marshals,,\1\ trustees, 
    including trustees in cases under title 11; and
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        (2) at the request and on behalf of the Director of the 
    Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the clerks of the 
    United States courts and of the district court of the Virgin 
    Islands, probation officers, United States magistrate judges, and 
    court reporters;

for which purpose all the official papers, records, dockets, and 
accounts of these officers, without exception, may be examined by agents 
of the Attorney General at any time.
    (b) Appropriations for the examination of judicial officers are 
available for carrying out this section.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 615; amended 
Pub. L. 95-598, title II, Secs. 219(a), (b), 220, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 
2662; Pub. L. 99-554, title I, Sec. 144(c), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 
3096; 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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                       5 U.S.C. 341b.             July 28, 1950, ch.
                                                   503, Sec.  4, 64
                                                   Stat. 380.
                       .........................  July 7, 1958, Pub. L.
                                                   85-508, Sec.  12(q),
                                                   72 Stat. 349.
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    In subsection (b), the words ``now or hereafter'' and ``the 
provisions of'' are omitted as unnecessary.

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 95-598, title IV, Sec. 408(c), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2687, 
as amended by Pub. L. 98-166, title II, Sec. 200, Nov. 28, 1983, 97 
Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 98-353, title III, Sec. 323, July 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 
358; Pub. L. 99-429, Sept. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 985; Pub. L. 99-500, 
Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 200], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-39, 
1783-45, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(b) [title II, Sec. 200], Oct. 30, 
1986, 100 Stat. 3341-39, 3341-45; Pub. L. 99-554, title III, 
Sec. 307(a), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3125, provided for the deletion of 
any references to United States Trustees in this title at a prospective 
date, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-554, title III, Sec. 307(b), Oct. 
27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3125.


                               Amendments

    1986--Pub. L. 99-554, Sec. 144(c)(1), substituted ``trustees'' for 
``trustee'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 99-554, Sec. 144(c)(2)(A), inserted 
reference to trustees in cases under title 11.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99-554, Sec. 144(c)(2)(B), struck out 
references to courts of the Canal Zone and trustees in cases under title 
11.
    1978--Pub. L. 95-598, Sec. 219(b), substituted ``marshals, and 
trustee'' for ``and marshals'' in section catchline.
    Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 95-518, Sec. 219(a), substituted ``marshals, 
and trustees'' for ``and marshals''.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-598, Sec. 220, substituted ``officers, 
trustees in cases under title 11'' for ``officers, referees, trustees 
and receivers in bankruptcy'' and ``magistrates'' for ``commissioners''.

                         Change of Name

    ``United States magistrate judges'' substituted for ``United States 
magistrates'' in subsec. (a)(2) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101-
650, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-554 effective 30 days after Oct. 27, 1986, 
see section 302(a) of Pub. L. 99-554, set out as a note under section 
581 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 95-598 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 
402(c) of Pub. L. 95-598, set out as an Effective Date note preceding 
section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.
