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[CITE: 28USC585]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART II--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
                   CHAPTER 39--UNITED STATES TRUSTEES
 
Sec. 585. Vacancies

    (a) The Attorney General may appoint an acting United States trustee 
for a region in which the office of the United States trustee is vacant. 
The individual so appointed may serve until the date on which the 
vacancy is filled by appointment under section 581 of this title or by 
designation under subsection (b) of this section.
    (b) The Attorney General may designate a United States trustee to 
serve in not more than two regions for such time as the public interest 
requires.

(Added Pub. L. 95-598, title II, Sec. 224(a), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 
2663; amended Pub. L. 99-554, title I, Sec. 112, 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States Trustees in this title at a prospective date, was repealed by 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--Pub. L. 99-554 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``The Attorney General may appoint an acting 
United States trustee for a district in which the office of United 
States trustee is vacant, or may designate a United States trustee for 
another judicial district to serve as trustee for the district in which 
such vacancy exists. The individual so appointed or designated may serve 
until the earlier of 90 days after such appointment or designation, as 
the case may be, or the date on which the vacancy is filled by 
appointment under section 581 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.
