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LegalText 28 U.S.C. § 515 Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys us united_states_code code_section 28 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE 31 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 515 28 U.S.C. § 515 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc28@119-100.zip /us/usc/t28/s515 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-28/usc28.xml 73d2806beab30d5f5b653ad8468eccf1c68c778a6efc5ef4edb5da962921b5f6 3390f867a2c02f5d0c496269da780795fe19663a090a3040c64a9ee0a541cdcf a86e20ce3d91e2d8f60a443a141708874b5b1b2e2271648a0badf00f81f42364 2026-07-04 official
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28 U.S.C. § 515 - Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys

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(a) The Attorney General or any other officer of the Department of Justice, or any attorney specially appointed by the Attorney General under law, may, when specifically directed by the Attorney General, conduct any kind of legal proceeding, civil or criminal, including grand jury proceedings and proceedings before committing magistrate judges, which United States attorneys are authorized by law to conduct, whether or not he is a resident of the district in which the proceeding is brought.

(b) Each attorney specially retained under authority of the Department of Justice shall be commissioned as special assistant to the Attorney General or special attorney, and shall take the oath required by law. Foreign counsel employed in special cases are not required to take the oath. The Attorney General shall fix the annual salary of a special assistant or special attorney.

(Added Pub. L. 89554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 613; amended Pub. L. 101650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 107273, div. A, title II, § 203(b), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1775.)

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Historical and Revision Notes DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large (a)5 U.S.C. 310.June 30, 1906, ch. 3935, 34 Stat. 816. (b)5 U.S.C. 315.R.S. § 366.   Apr. 17, 1930, ch. 174, 46 Stat. 170.   June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 3, 62 Stat. 985.  [Uncodified].Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, § 202 (1st and 2d provisos, as applicable to special assistants and special attorneys), 67 Stat. 375.  [Uncodified].July 2, 1954, ch. 456, § 202 (as applicable to special assistants and special attorneys), 68 Stat. 421. In subsection (a), the words “or counselor” are omitted as redundant. The words “United States attorneys” are substituted for “district attorneys” on authority of the Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 1, 62 Stat. 909. The words “any provision of” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2002—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107273 struck out “at not more than $12,000” before period at end.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name Words “magistrate judges” substituted for “magistrates” in subsec. (a) pursuant to section 321 of Pub. L. 101650, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.