---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 U.S.C. § 511"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
number: "511"
heading: "Attorney General to advise the President"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/511"
units:
  - "Part II — Department of Justice"
  - "Chapter 31 — The Attorney General"
---

# §511. Attorney General to advise the President


The Attorney General shall give his advice and opinion on questions of law when required by the President.


## 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. 303. | R.S. § 354. |
|  |  | Feb. 27, 1877, ch. 69, § 1 (8th full par. on p. 241), 19 Stat. 241. |