---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 505"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "505"
heading: "Solicitor General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/505"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §505. Solicitor General


The President shall appoint in the Department of Justice, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Solicitor General, learned in the law, to assist the Attorney General in the performance of his duties.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 612.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Derivation | U.S. Code | Revised Statutes and<br>Statutes at Large |
|  | 5 U.S.C. 293. | R.S. § 347 (less last sentence). |

So much of R.S. § 347 as relates to the pay of the Solicitor General is omitted as superseded by § 303(c) of the Act of Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–426, 78 Stat. 416, which is codified in section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 505, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 909, related to residence of United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), and reenactment in section 545 of this title by section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89–554.