3 1 Acting Attorney General during the absence or disability of 2 the Attorney General or in the event of a vacancy in the 3 position of Attorney General. Upon the expiration of his 4 term, the Attorney General shall continue to serve until his 5 successor has been appointed and has qualified, except that 6 the Attorney General may not serve under the authority of 7 this sentence for a period longer than one year after the 8 expiration of that term. The Solicitor General shall perform 9 such functions as the Attorney General may prescribe. 10 "(c) The officers appointed under this subsection may 11 be removed by the President for neglect of duty or mal12 feasance in office. 13 14 15 16 17 18 "§ 502. Assistant Attorneys General; other personnel "(a) The Attorney General may appoint nine Assistant Attorneys General. The Attorney General may also appoint one Assistant Attorney General for Administration. "(b) The Attorney General may appoint such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out his duties and 19 functions under this chapter. The Attorney General may obtain the services of experts and consultants in accordance 20 with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5. "§ 503. Vacancies "(a) In case of a vacancy in the Office of Attorney General, or of his absence or disability, the Deputy Attorney General may exercise all the duties of that office, and 4 1 for the purpose of section 3345 of title 5, the Deputy Attor2 ney General is the first assistant to the Attorney General. 3 "(b) When, by reason of absence, disability, or va4 cancy in office, neither the Attorney General nor the Deputy 5 Attorney General is available to exercise the duties of the 6 Office of Attorney General, the Solicitor General and the 7 Assistant Attorneys General, in such order of succession as 8 the Attorney General may from time to time prescribe, shall 9 act as Attorney General. 10 " 504. Functions of the Attorney General 11 "All functions of other officers of the Department of 12 Justice and all functions of agencies and employees of the 13 Department of Justice are vested in the Attorney General 14 except the functions "(1) vested by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 in hearing examiners employed by the Department of Justice; "(2) of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorpo rated; "(3) of the Board of Directors and officers of the Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated; and 66 (4) of the Board of Parole. 23 "§ 505. Administrative provision 24 "(a) The Attorney General may from time to time 25 make such provisions as he considers appropriate authoriz 5 1 ing the performance by any other officer, employee, or 2 agency of the Department of Justice of any function of the 3 Attorney General. "(b) The Attorney General is authorized "(1) to adopt, alter, and use a seal; 66 '(2) to adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regu lations governing the manner of its operations, organization, and personnel, and the performance of the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon it by law; 66 (3) to accept on behalf of the United States gifts or donations of services, money, or property, real, per sonal, or mixed, tangible or intangible; "(4) to enter into contracts or other arrangements or modifications thereof, with any agency or department of the United States, or with any State or political subdivision thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or corporation, and such contracts or other arrangements, or modifications thereof, may be entered into without legal consideration, without performance or other bonds, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5); "(5) to make advance, progress, and other payments which the Attorney General deems necessary under this chapter without regard to the provisions 6 1 of section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 2 3 4 ст 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 529); "(6) to utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment, personnel, and facilities of any other department or agency of the United States, with or without reimbursement; "(7) to accept and utilize the services of voluntary and uncompensated personnel and reimburse them for travel expenses including per diem, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5; "(8) to make other necessary expenditures; and to carry out his duties and responsibilities prescribed "(c) Upon request made by the Attorney General each 16 Federal department and agency is authorized and directed to 17 make its services, equipment, personnel, facilities, and infor18 mation (including suggestions, estimates, and statistics) 19 available to the greatest practicable extent consistent with the 20 laws to the Attorney General in the performance of his 21 functions." 22 (b) Sections 511 through 526 of such title are redes23 ignated as sections 506 through 521, respectively. 24 (c) The analysis of chapter 31 of such title is amended— 1 2 3 7 (1) by striking out items 501 through 510 and in serting in lieu thereof the following: "501. Independent establishment. "502. Assistant Attorneys General; other personnel. "503. Vacancies. "504. Functions of the Attorney General. “505. Administrative provisions.”. (d) The analysis of chapter 31 of such title is further 4 amended by redesignating items 511 through 526 as items 5 506 through 521, respectively. 6 7 8 APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEC. 3. (a) Title VI of the Omnibus Crime Control and 9 Safe Streets Act of 1968 is repealed. 10 (b) Section 532 of title 28, United States Code, is 11 amended to read as follows: 13 12 "§ 532. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation "The Attorney General may appoint a Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of four years. The 15 Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head 16 17 18 of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS SEC. 4. (a) Section 541 of title 28, United States 19 Code, is amended to read as follows: 20 21 225 "§ 541. United States attorneys "(a) The Attorney General shall appoint a United 22 States attorney for each judicial district, |