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[CITE: 28USC532]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
               CHAPTER 33--FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
 
Sec. 532. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

    The Attorney General may appoint a Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is 
the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(Added Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 616.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    The section is supplied for convenience and clarification and is 
based on section 3 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, which 
provided for the transfer of the functions of the Bureau of 
Investigation together with the investigative functions of the Bureau of 
Prohibition to a ``Division of Investigation in the Department of 
Justice, at the head of which shall be a Director of Investigation''. 
The Division of Investigation was first designated as the ``Federal 
Bureau of Investigation'' by the Act of Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title II, 
49 Stat. 77, and has been so designated in statutes since that date. The 
title of ``Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation'' was 
recognized by statute in the Act of June 5, 1936, ch. 529, 49 Stat. 
1484, and has been used in statutes since that date.


                 FBI Critical Skills Scholarship Program

    Pub. L. 102-183, title V, Sec. 501, Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1268, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Study.--The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
shall conduct a study relative to the establishment of an undergraduate 
training program with respect to employees of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and 
administration to undergraduate training programs administered by the 
Central Intelligence Agency (under section 8 of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 403j)), the National Security Agency 
(under section 16 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 
402 (note))[)], and the Defense Intelligence Agency (under section 1608 
[now 1623] of title 10, United States Code).
    ``(b) Implementation.--Any program proposed under subsection (a) may 
be implemented only after the Department of Justice and the Office of 
Management and Budget review and approve the implementation of such 
program.
    ``(c) Availability of Funds.--Any payment made by the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to carry out any program proposed to 
be established under subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only 
to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose.''


       Confirmation and Compensation of Director; Term of Service

    Pub. L. 90-351, title VI, Sec. 1101, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 236, as 
amended by Pub. L. 94-503, title II, Sec. 203, Oct. 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 
2427, provided that:
    ``(a) Effective as of the day following the date on which the 
present incumbent in the office of Director ceases to serve as such, the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be appointed by 
the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and 
shall receive compensation at the rate prescribed for level II of the 
Federal Executive Salary Schedule [section 5313 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees].
    ``(b) Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, after June 
1, 1973, the term of service of the Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation shall be ten years. A Director may not serve more than one 
ten-year term. The provisions of subsections (a) through (c) of section 
8335 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to any individual 
appointed under this section.''
