**(a)** The Attorney General shall appoint, with the approval of the President, an Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who shall perform such duties as the Attorney General may prescribe.
**(b)** The position of Assistant Attorney General for Administration is in the competitive service.
**(c)** Notwithstanding the provisions of [section 901 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section901&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, the Assistant Attorney General for Administration shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice.
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**(a)** The Attorney General shall appoint, with the approval of the President, an Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who shall perform such duties as the Attorney General may prescribe.
**(b)** The position of Assistant Attorney General for Administration is in the competitive service.
**(c)** Notwithstanding the provisions of [section 901 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section901&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code, the Assistant Attorney General for Administration shall be the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 507. Assistant Attorney General for Administra-
tion
(a) The Attorney General shall appoint, with
the approval of the President, an Assistant At-
torney General for Administration, who shall
perform such duties as the Attorney General
may prescribe.
(b) The position of Assistant Attorney General
for Administration is in the competitive service.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section
901 of title 31, United States Code, the Assistant
Attorney General for Administration shall be
the Chief Financial Officer of the Department of
Justice.
(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.
612; amended Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(1)
[title I, § 111], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535,
1501A–20.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Derivation
U.S. Code
Revised Statutes and
Statutes at Large
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[Uncodified].
1950 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 5 eff.
May 24, 1950, 64 Stat. 1261.
The title of the position was changed to ‘‘Assistant
Attorney General for Administration’’ by § 307 of the
Act of Aug. 14, 1964, Pub. L. 88–426, 78 Stat. 432.
The words ‘‘competitive service’’ are substituted for
‘‘classified civil service’’ because the term ‘‘classified
civil service’’ formerly used to designate the merit sys-
tem established by the Civil Service Act of 1883 has be-
come ambiguous due to the creation of the ‘‘classified’’
pay system. The term ‘‘competitive service’’ is now
customarily used, and appears throughout title 5,
United States Code, in place of ‘‘classified civil serv-
ice’’.
The words ‘‘There shall be in the Department of Jus-
tice’’ are omitted as unnecessary as the title of the po-
sition and the fact of appointment by the Attorney
General establish the location of the position in the De-
partment of Justice.
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