heads of the executive departments and agencies of the Government, as provided by law. (d) Appear in person to represent the Government in the Supreme Court of the United States, or in any other court, in which he may deem it appropriate. (e) Take possession and dispose of certain unclaimed, privately-owned, personal property (including abandoned property), under the authority delegated to him by the Administrator of General Services (16 F.R. 7335). (f) Designate, pursuant to Executive Orders No. 9788 of October 4, 1946, and No. 10254 of June 15, 1951, officers and agencies of the Department of Justice to act as disbursing officers for the Office of Alien Property. (g) Designate, pursuant to Executive Order No. 10590 of January 18, 1955, the Employment Policy Officer, and necessary Deputy Employment Policy Officers of the Department of Justice. (h) Perform or supervise the performance of other duties required by statute or Executive order. The Executive Assistant to the Attorney General established in the Office of the Attorney General shall: (a) Assist the Attorney General in the review of Executive orders, opinions, interpretations, decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals, pardon matters, antitrust complaints and consent decrees, contracts, agreements, and proposed offers in compromise, and other matters submitted for the Attorney General's action. (b) Exercise the power and authority vested in the Attorney General by section 5003 of title 18 of the United States Code, upon certification by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons that proper and adequate treatment facilities and personnel are available, to contract with State or Territorial officials for the custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment, and training of State or Territorial prisoners. (c) Perform such other duties and functions as may be specially assigned from time to time by the Attorney General. § 0.7 Director of Public Information. There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General a Director of Public Information who shall: (a) Handle matters pertaining to relations with the public generally. (b) Disseminate information to the press, the radio and television services, the public, members of Congress, officials of government, schools, colleges, and civic organizations. (c) Coordinate the relations of the Department of Justice with news media. (d) Serve as a central agency for information relating to the work and activities of all agencies of the Department. (e) Prepare public statements and news releases. (f) Coordinate departmental publications. § 0.8 Committee on Incentive Awards. The Committee on Incentive Awards shall be a part of the Office of the Attorney General and shall: (a) Consist of the Deputy Attorney General, who shall be the chairman thereof, the Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who shall be the Secretary of the Committee. (b) Consider and make recommendations to the Attorney General concerning honorary awards and cash awards in excess of $500 to be granted for suggestions or inventions, sustained superior performance, or special acts or services in the public interest. (c) Consider and make recommendations to the Attorney General for transmittal to the Civil Service Commission and the President for Presidential awards under section 304(b) of the Government Employees Incentive Awards Act, 68 Stat. 1113. (d) Act upon recommendations for outstanding performance ratings under the Performance Rating Plan of the Department. § 0.9 Young American Medals Commit tee. There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General a Young American Medals Committee, which shall be composed of three members, one of whom shall be the Director of Public Information, who shall be the Executive Secretary of the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the Attorney General. The Committee shall issue regulations relating to the establishment of the Young American Medal for Bravery and Young American Medal for Service provided for by the act of August 3, 1950, 64 Stat. 397, and governing the requirements and procedures for the award of such medals. The regulations of the Committee in effect on the effective date of this part shall continue in effect until amended, modified, or revoked by the Committee. S 0.10 Fiscal Review Committee. The Fiscal Review Committee shall be a part of the Office of the Attorney General and shall be composed of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, and the Assistant Attorney General for Administration. The Committee shall establish budget policy and review budget estimates to determine whether they conform to departmental and budget policy. The Deputy Attorney General, the Solicitor General, and the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel are individually authorized to perform the functions vested in the Attorney General by section 2 of Executive Order No. 11030, relating to the approval of proposed Executive orders and proclamtions as to form and legality. Each of those officers is also authorized to approve as to form and legality other proposed Presidential documents which are submitted for the consideration of the Attorney General in advance of their being presented for the consideration of the President. [Order No. 276-62, 27 F.R. 6735, July 17, 1962] Subpart C-Office of the Deputy § 0.15 Deputy Attorney General. The Deputy Attorney General is authorized to exercise all the power and authority of the Attorney General specified in § 0.5 of Subpart B of this part, unless any such power or authority is required by law to be exercised by the Attorney General personally. The Deputy Attorney General shall act as Attorney General and perform all the duties of the Office of Attorney General in case of a vacancy in that office or in case of the absence or disability of the Attorney General and shall: (a) Maintain liaison between the Department and the Congress. (b) Assist the Attorney General in the over-all supervision and direction of the Department, including coordination of the activities of the departmental divisions and other units. (c) Assist the Attorney General in the formulation of departmental policies and programs, and in the development of ways and means of effectuating them. (d) Keep currently informed concerning the operations of the Department, and bring to the consideration of the Attorney General matters requiring his personal attention or action. (e) Administer the Attorney General's Recruitment Program for Honor Law Graduates. (f) Approve Incentive Awards. (g) Prepare, for the consideration of the Attorney General, recommendations for Presidential appointments to judicial positions and positions within the Department. (h) Draft proposed departmental legislation, and except as provided in § 0.105 (h), prepare and submit reports and recommendations on pending legislation, in response to requests of Congressional committees or other agencies, and on enrolled bills. (1) [Reserved] (j) Approve per-diem allowances, concurrently with the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, for travel by airplane, train, or boat outside the continental United States in excess of the amounts fixed by paragraph 6.2c of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations. [Order No. 271-62, 27 F.R. 5164, June 1, 1962, as amended by Order No. 275-62, 27 F.R. 6735, July 17, 1962] § 0.16 Executive Office for United States Attorneys. The Executive Office for United States Attorneys, established in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General by Order No. 8-53 of April 6, 1953, under the supervision of the Deputy Attorney General, shall provide general executive assistance and supervision to the offices of the United States Attorneys, and coordinate and direct the relationship of agencies of the Department with such offices. § 0.17 Executive Office for United States Marshals. The Executive Office for United States Marshals, established in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General by Order No. 137-56 of November 23, 1956, shall be under the supervision of the Deputy Attorney General, and shall provide general executive assistance and supervision heads of the executive departments and agencies of the Government, as provided by law. (d) Appear in person to represent the Government in the Supreme Court of the United States, or in any other court, in which he may deem it appropriate. (e) Take possession and dispose of certain unclaimed, privately-owned, personal property (including abandoned property), under the authority delegated to him by the Administrator of General Services (16 F.R. 7335). (f) Designate, pursuant to Executive Orders No. 9788 of October 4, 1946, and No. 10254 of June 15, 1951, officers and agencies of the Department of Justice to act as disbursing officers for the Office of Alien Property. (g) Designate, pursuant to Executive Order No. 10590 of January 18, 1955, the Employment Policy Officer, and necessary Deputy Employment Policy Officers of the Department of Justice. (h) Perform or supervise the performance of other duties required by statute or Executive order. The Executive Assistant to the Attorney General established in the Office of the Attorney General shall: (a) Assist the Attorney General in the review of Executive orders, opinions, interpretations, decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals, pardon matters, antitrust complaints and consent decrees, contracts, agreements, and proposed offers in compromise, and other matters submitted for the Attorney General's action. (b) Exercise the power and authority vested in the Attorney General by section 5003 of title 18 of the United States Code, upon certification by the Director of the Bureau of Prisons that proper and adequate treatment facilities and personnel are available, to contract with State or Territorial officials for the custody, care, subsistence, education, treatment, and training of State or Territorial prisoners. (c) Perform such other duties and functions as may be specially assigned from time to time by the Attorney General. § 0.7 Director of Public Information. There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General a Director of Public Information who shall: (a) Handle matters pertaining to relations with the public generally. (b) Disseminate information to the press, the radio and television services, the public, members of Congress, officials of government, schools, colleges, and civic organizations. (c) Coordinate the relations of the Department of Justice with news media. (d) Serve as a central agency for information relating to the work and activities of all agencies of the Department. (e) Prepare public statements and news releases. (f) Coordinate departmental publications. § 0.8 Committee on Incentive Awards. The Committee on Incentive Awards shall be a part of the Office of the Attorney General and shall: (a) Consist of the Deputy Attorney General, who shall be the chairman thereof, the Executive Assistant to the Attorney General, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Assistant Attorney General for Administration, who shall be the Secretary of the Committee. (b) Consider and make recommendations to the Attorney General concerning honorary awards and cash awards in excess of $500 to be granted for suggestions or inventions, sustained superior performance, or special acts or services in the public interest. (c) Consider and make recommendations to the Attorney General for transmittal to the Civil Service Commission and the President for Presidential awards under section 304(b) of the Government Employees Incentive Awards Act, 68 Stat. 1113. (d) Act upon recommendations for outstanding performance ratings under the Performance Rating Plan of the Department. § 0.9 Young American Medals Commit tee. There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General a Young American Medals Committee, which shall be composed of three members, one of whom shall be the Director of Public Information, who shall be the Executive Secretary of the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee shall be designated by the Attorney General. The Committee shall issue regulations relating to the establishment of the Young American Medal for Bravery and Young American Medal for Service provided for by the act of August 3, 1950, 64 Stat. 397, and § 0.15 Deputy Aturnes Genera The Deputy Anomer General i althorized to exercist al the power att authority of the Amorer Getera specfied in 15 of Sumpar 3 of the TELTS unless any suct power or aut required by law te exercised by the Attorney Genera persofakt THE Deputy Attorney General stal as Atorney General aut perform a KE duties of the Office of Lager Severa in case of a vacancy 11 that of L case of the absence or draping of the Attorney General and STEL (a) Mata hasor between the DEpartment and the CongTESE (b) Assist the Amoret Gevers II the over-al supervising and drei Reserver The Executive Offs for Canet States to the offices of the United States Marshals, coordinate and direct the relationship of agencies of the Department with such offices, and approve the staffing requirements of the offices of the United States Marshals. (28 U.S.C. 542; 48 U.S.C. 1614; E.O. No. 6166, June 10, 1933, sec. 6.) Subpart D-Office of the Solicitor General § 0.20 General functions. as Subject to the general supervision and direction of the Attorney General, the following-described matters are signed to, and shall be conducted, handled, or supervised by, the Solicitor General, in consultation with each agency or official concerned: (a) Conducting, or assigning and supervising, all Supreme Court cases, including appeals, petitions for and in opposition to certiorari, briefs and arguments, and, in accordance with § 0.163, settlement thereof. (b) Authorizing or declining to authorize appeals by the Government to all appellate courts, including petitions for rehearing en banc. (c) Authorizing the filing of all briefs amicus curiae by the Government in all appellate courts. (d) Surveying and listing appellate cases in the courts of appeals in which the Government is participating. § 0.21 Authorizing intervention by the Government in certain cases. The Solicitor General may in consultation with each agency or official concerned, authorize intervention by the Government in cases involving the constitutionality of acts of Congress. Subpart E-Office of Legal Counsel § 0.25 General functions. Subject to the general supervision and direction of the Attorney General, the following-described matters are assigned to, and shall be conducted, handled, or supervised by, the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legal Counsel: (a) Preparing the formal opinions of the Attorney General; rendering informal opinions and legal advice to the various agencies of the Government; and assisting the Attorney General in the performance of his functions as legal adviser to the President and as a member of, and legal adviser to, the Cabinet. (b) Preparing and making necessary revisions of proposed Executive orders and proclamations, and advising the Attorney General as to their form and legality prior to their transmission by the Attorney General to the President; and performing like functions with respect to regulations and other similar matters which require the approval of the President or the Attorney General. (c) Approving proposed orders of the Attorney General, and orders which require the approval of the Attorney General, as to form and legality and as to consistency and conformity with existing orders and memoranda. (d) Handling matters arising out of devises and bequests and inter vivos gifts to the United States, except determinations as to the validity of title to any lands involved and litigation pertaining to such determinations. (e) Except as to proposed legislation, acting in a liaison capacity for cooperation with the Council of State Governments. (f) Coordinating the work of the Department of Justice with respect to the participation of the United States in the United Nations and related international organizations. (g) Rendering opinions to the Attorney General and to the heads of the various organizational units of the Department on questions of law arising in the administration of the Department. (h) Coordinating the implementation of recommendations, pertinent to the operations of the Department of Justice, made in the Report on Legal Services and procedure by the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government. (i) When requested, advising the Attorney General in connection with his review of decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals and other organizational units of the Department. (j) Designating within the Office of Legal Counsel (1) a liaison officer, and an alternate, as a representative of the Department in all matters concerning the filing of departmental documents with the Office of the Federal Register, and (2) a certifying officer, and an alternate, to certify copies of documents (except those issued by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization or his designee) required to be filed with the Office of the Federal Register (1 CFR 1.21). |