28 U.S.C. § 510
Section 510 · Delegation of authority
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 108 court decisions — leading case United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc. (1983)
Most recently applied in Garrett Kajmowicz v. Matthew Whitaker (July 2022)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 28 U.S.C. § 2679 · 21 U.S.C. § 811 · 18 U.S.C. § 2516
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Attorney General may from time to time make such provisions as he considers appropriate authorizing the performance by any other officer, employee, or agency of the Department of Justice of any function of the Attorney General.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
The words “including any function transferred to the Attorney General by the provisions of this reorganization plan” are omitted as executed and unnecessary as the words “any function of the Attorney General” include the functions transferred to the Attorney General by 1950 Reorg. Plan. No. 2.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 510, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 910, related to clerical assistants and messengers for United States attorneys, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 89–554, §8(a), and reenactment in section 550 of this title by section 4(c) of Pub. L. 89–554.