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28 U.S.C. § 513 — Attorney General to advise Secretaries of military departments
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When a question of law arises in the administration of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force, the cognizance of which is not given by statute to some other officer from whom the Secretary of the military department concerned may require advice, the Secretary of the military department shall send it to the Attorney General for disposition.
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When a question of law arises in the administration of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force, the cognizance of which is not given by statute to some other officer from whom the Secretary of the military department concerned may require advice, the Secretary of the military department shall send it to the Attorney General for disposition.
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The military departments are:
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 514
Department of Justice with responsibility for
the enforcement of laws against suspected par-
ticipants in serious human rights offenses.
(b) The section established under subsection
(a) is authorized to—
(1) take appropriate legal action against in-
dividuals suspected of participating in serious
human rights offenses; and
(2) coordinate any such legal action with the
United States Attorney for the relevant juris-
diction.
(c) The Attorney General shall, as appropriate,
consult with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity and the Secretary of State.
(d) In determining the appropriate legal action
to take against individuals who are suspected of
committing serious human rights offenses under
Federal law, the section shall take into consid-
eration the availability of criminal prosecution
under the laws of the United States for such of-
fenses or in a foreign jurisdiction that is pre-
pared to undertake a prosecution for the con-
duct that forms the basis for such offenses.
(e) The term ‘‘serious human rights offenses’’
includes violations of Federal criminal laws re-
lating to genocide, torture, war crimes, and the
use or recruitment of child soldiers under sec-
tions 1091, 2340, 2340A, 2441, and 2442 of title 18,
United States Code.
(Added Pub. L. 111–122, § 2(b), Dec. 22, 2009, 123
Stat. 3480.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The date of the enactment of the Human Rights En-
forcement Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (a), is the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 111–122, which was ap-
proved Dec. 22, 2009.
§ 510. Delegation of authority
The Attorney General may from time to time
make such provisions as he considers appro-
priate authorizing the performance by any other
officer, employee, or
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