---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
key: "ptII/ch31"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 31"
heading: "The Attorney General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/ptII-ch31"
sections_count: 38
---

# Chapter 31 — The Attorney General

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure › Part II — Department of Justice

## Sections

- [§501. Executive department](/usc/28/501.md)
- [§502. Seal](/usc/28/502.md)
- [§503. Attorney General](/usc/28/503.md)
- [§504. Deputy Attorney General](/usc/28/504.md)
- [§504a. Associate Attorney General](/usc/28/504a.md)
- [§505. Solicitor General](/usc/28/505.md)
- [§506. Assistant Attorneys General](/usc/28/506.md)
- [§507. Assistant Attorney General for Administration](/usc/28/507.md)
- [§507A. Assistant Attorney General for National Security](/usc/28/507A.md)
- [§508. Vacancies](/usc/28/508.md)
- [§509. Functions of the Attorney General](/usc/28/509.md)
- [§509A. National Security Division](/usc/28/509A.md)
- [§509B. Section to enforce human rights laws](/usc/28/509B.md)
- [§510. Delegation of authority](/usc/28/510.md)
- [§511. Attorney General to advise the President](/usc/28/511.md)
- [§512. Attorney General to advise heads of executive departments](/usc/28/512.md)
- [§513. Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments](/usc/28/513.md)
- [§514. Legal services on pending claims in departments and agencies](/usc/28/514.md)
- [§515. Authority for legal proceedings; commission, oath, and salary for special attorneys](/usc/28/515.md)
- [§516. Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice](/usc/28/516.md)
- [§517. Interests of United States in pending suits](/usc/28/517.md)
- [§518. Conduct and argument of cases](/usc/28/518.md)
- [§519. Supervision of litigation](/usc/28/519.md)
- [§520. Transmission of petitions in United States Court of Federal Claims or in United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; statement furnished by departments](/usc/28/520.md)
- [§521. Publication and distribution of opinions](/usc/28/521.md)
- [§522. Report of business and statistics](/usc/28/522.md)
- [§523. Requisitions](/usc/28/523.md)
- [§524. Availability of appropriations](/usc/28/524.md)
- [§525. Procurement of law books, reference books, and periodicals; sale and exchange](/usc/28/525.md)
- [§526. Authority of Attorney General to investigate United States attorneys, marshals, trustees, clerks of court, and others](/usc/28/526.md)
- [§527. Establishment of working capital fund](/usc/28/527.md)
- [§528. Disqualification of officers and employees of the Department of Justice](/usc/28/528.md)
- [§529. Annual report of Attorney General](/usc/28/529.md)
- [§530. Payment of travel and transportation expenses of newly appointed special agents](/usc/28/530.md)
- [§530A. Authorization of appropriations for travel and related expenses and for health care of personnel serving abroad](/usc/28/530A.md)
- [§530B. Ethical standards for attorneys for the Government](/usc/28/530B.md)
- [§530C. Authority to use available funds](/usc/28/530C.md)
- [§530D. Report on enforcement of laws](/usc/28/530D.md)