---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 2348"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "2348"
heading: "Representation in proceeding; intervention"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/2348"
units:
  - "Part VI — Particular Proceedings"
  - "Chapter 158 — Orders of Federal Agencies; Review"
---

# §2348. Representation in proceeding; intervention


The Attorney General is responsible for and has control of the interests of the Government in all [court](/usc/28/3002.md?p=2) proceedings under this chapter. The [agency](/usc/28/2341.md?p=3), and any party in interest in the proceeding before the [agency](/usc/28/2341.md?p=3) whose interests will be affected if an order of the [agency](/usc/28/2341.md?p=3) is or is not enjoined, set aside, or suspended, may appear as parties thereto of their own motion and as of right, and be represented by counsel in any proceeding to review the order. Communities, associations, corporations, firms, and individuals, whose interests are affected by the order of the [agency](/usc/28/2341.md?p=3), may intervene in any proceeding to review the order. The Attorney General may not dispose of or discontinue the proceeding to review over the objection of any party or intervenor, but any intervenor may prosecute, defend, or continue the proceeding unaffected by the action or inaction of the Attorney General.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(e), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 623.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 1038. | Dec. 29, 1950, ch. 1189, § 8, 64 Stat. 1131. |

In the first sentence, the words “is responsible for and has control” are substituted for “shall be responsible for and have charge and control”.

In the last sentence, the word “may” is substituted for “shall”. The word “aforesaid” following “any party or intervenor” is omitted as unnecessary. The words “any intervenor” and “inaction” are substituted for “said intervenor or intervenors” and “nonaction”, respectively.