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[CITE: 28USC582]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                   CHAPTER 39--UNITED STATES TRUSTEES
 
Sec. 582. Assistant United States trustees

    (a) The Attorney General may appoint one or more assistant United 
States trustees in any region when the public interest so requires.
    (b) Each assistant United States trustee is subject to removal by 
the Attorney General.

(Added Pub. L. 95-598, title II, Sec. 224(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 
2663; amended Pub. L. 99-554, title I, Sec. 111(d), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 
Stat. 3091.)

                          Codification

    Section 408(c) of Pub. L. 95-598, as amended, which provided for the 
repeal of this section and the deletion of any references to United 
States Trustees in this title at a prospective date, was repealed by 
section 307(b) of Pub. L. 99-554. See note set out preceding section 581 
of this title.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-554, Sec. 111(d)(1), substituted 
``region'' for ``district''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-554, Sec. 111(d)(2), struck out ``for 
cause'' after ``removal''.


                    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.


        Appointment of United States Trustees by Attorney General

    For sense of Congress concerning consideration of estate 
administrators under title 11 by the Attorney General for appointment 
under this section as U.S. trustee and assistant U.S. trustee, see 
section 309 of Pub. L. 99-554, set out as a note under section 581 of 
this title.
