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type: "LegalText"
title: "28 U.S.C. § 511"
description: "Attorney General to advise the President"
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kind: "code_section"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
chapter_number: "31"
chapter_name: "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"
section: "511"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 511"
status: "current"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
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# 28 U.S.C. § 511 - Attorney General to advise the President
## Text
The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on questions of law when required by the President.
(Added Pub. L. 89554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large  5 U.S.C. 303.R.S. § 354.   Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 (8th full par. on p. 241), 19 Stat. 241.