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28 U.S.C. § 518 — Conduct and argument of cases
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**(a)** Except when the Attorney General in a particular case directs otherwise, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General shall conduct and argue suits and appeals in the Supreme Court and suits in the United States Court of Federal Claims or in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in the Court of International Trade in which the United States is interested.
**(b)** When the Attorney General considers it in the interests of the United States, he may personally conduct and argue any case in a court of the United States in which the United States is interested, or he may direct the Solicitor General or any officer of the Department of Justice to do so.
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**(a)** Except when the Attorney General in a particular case directs otherwise, the Attorney General and the Solicitor General shall conduct and argue suits and appeals in the Supreme Court and suits in the United States Court of Federal Claims or in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in the Court of International Trade in which the United States is interested.
**(b)** When the Attorney General considers it in the interests of the United States, he may personally conduct and argue any case in a court of the United States in which the United States is interested, or he may direct the Solicitor General or any officer of the Department of Justice to do so.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, nine judges who shall constitute a court of record to be known as the United States Court of International Trade. Not more than five of such judges shall be from the same political party. The court is a court established under article III of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The offices of the Court of International Trade shall be located in New York, New York.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court is declared to be a court established under article I of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The President shall designate one of the judges of the Court of Federal Claims who is less than seventy years of age to serve as chief judge. The chief judge may continue to serve as such until he reaches the age of seventy years or until another judge is designated as chief judge by the President. After the designation of another judge to serve as chief judge, the former chief judge may continue to serve as a judge of the court for the balance of the term to which appointed.
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**(a) Chairman of Farm Credit Administration Board; power and authority**
(1) The Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Farm Credit Administration.
(2) In carrying out the responsibilities of the chief executive officer, the Chairman shall be responsible for directing the implementation of policies and regulations adopted by the Board and, after consultation with the Board, the execution of the administrative functions and duties of the Farm Credit Administration.
(3) In carrying out policies as directed by the Board, the Chairman shall act as spokesperson for the Board and represent the Board and the Farm Credit Administration in their official relations within the Federal Government.
(4) Under policies adopted by the Board, the Chairman shall consult on a regular basis with—
(A) the Secretary of the Treasury concerning the exercise, by the System, of the powers conferred under [section 2153 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section2153&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning the effect of System lending activities on national monetary policy; and
(C) the Secretary of Agriculture concerning the effect of System policies on farmers, ranchers, and the agricultural economy.
**(b) Governing standards** In carrying out responsibilities under this chapter, the Chairman of the Board shall be governed by general policies adopted by the Board and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and determinations as the Board may by law be authorized to make and, as to third persons, all acts of the Chairman of the Board shall be conclusively presumed to be in compliance with such general policies and regulatory decisions, findings, and determina
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**(a) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; establishment** There is established within the Department an independent regulatory commission to be known as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
**(b) Composition; term of office; conflict of interest; expiration of terms**
(1) The Commission shall be composed of five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of the members shall be designated by the President as Chairman. Members shall hold office for a term of 5 years and may be removed by the President only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. Not more than three members of the Commission shall be members of the same political party. Any Commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. A Commissioner may continue to serve after the expiration of his term until his successor is appointed and has been confirmed and taken the oath of Office, except that such Commissioner shall not serve beyond the end of the session of the Congress in which such term expires. Members of the Commission shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment while serving on the Commission.
(2) Notwithstanding the third sentence of paragraph (1), the terms of members first taking office after April 11, 1990, shall expire as follows:
(A) In the case of members appointed to succeed members whose terms expire in 1991, one such member’s term shall expire on June 30, 1994, and one such member’s term shall expire on June 30, 1995, as designated by the President at the time of appointment.
(B) In the case of members appointed to succeed members whose terms expire in 1992, one
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**(a)** The Merit Systems Protection Board shall—
(1) hear, adjudicate, or provide for the hearing or adjudication, of all matters within the jurisdiction of the Board under this title, chapter 43 of title 38, or any other law, rule, or regulation, and, subject to otherwise applicable provisions of law, take final action on any such matter;
(2) order any Federal agency or employee to comply with any order or decision issued by the Board under the authority granted under paragraph (1) of this subsection and enforce compliance with any such order;
(3) conduct, from time to time, special studies relating to the civil service and to other merit systems in the executive branch, and report to the President and to the Congress as to whether the public interest in a civil service free of prohibited personnel practices is being adequately protected; and
(4) review, as provided in subsection (f), rules and regulations of the Office of Personnel Management.
**(b)**
(1) Any member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, any administrative law judge appointed by the Board under [section 3105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3105&num=0&edition=prelim), and any employee of the Board designated by the Board may administer oaths, examine witnesses, take depositions, and receive evidence.
(2) Any member of the Board, any administrative law judge appointed by the Board under section 3105, and any employee of the Board designated by the Board may, with respect to any individual—
(A) issue subpoenas requiring the attendance and presentation of testimony of any such individual, and the production of documentary or other evidence from any place in the United States, any territory or possession of the United States, the Commonwe
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**(a)**
(1) The Authority shall provide leadership in establishing policies and guidance relating to matters under this chapter, and, except as otherwise provided, shall be responsible for carrying out the purpose of this chapter.
(2) The Authority shall, to the extent provided in this chapter and in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Authority—
(A) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation under [section 7112 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7112&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit and otherwise administer the provisions of [section 7111 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7111&num=0&edition=prelim) relating to the according of exclusive recognition to labor organizations;
(C) prescribe criteria and resolve issues relating to the granting of national consultation rights under [section 7113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7113&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) prescribe criteria and resolve issues relating to determining compelling need for agency rules or regulations under [section 7117(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7117/b&num=0&edition=prelim);
(E) resolves issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith under [section 7117(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7117/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(F) prescribe criteria relating to the granting of consultation rights
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 519
ney General to any State or district in the
United States to attend to the interests of the
United States in a suit pending in a court of the
United States, or in a court of a State, or to at-
tend to any other interest of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.
613.)
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5 U.S.C. 316.
R.S. § 367.
§ 518. Conduct and argument of cases
(a) Except when the Attorney General in a
particular case directs otherwise, the Attorney
General and the Solicitor General shall conduct
and argue suits and appeals in the Supreme
Court and suits in the United States Court of
Federal Claims or in the United States Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit and in the Court
of International Trade in which the United
States is interested.
(b) When the Attorney General considers it in
the interests of the United States, he may per-
sonally conduct and argue any case in a court of
the United States in which the United States is
interested, or he may direct the Solicitor Gen-
eral or any officer of the Department of Justice
to do so.
(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat.
613; amended Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 503, Oct. 10,
1980, 94 Stat. 1743; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 117,
Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 32; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX,
§ 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516.)
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5 U.S.C. 309.
R.S. § 359.
The words ‘‘and writs of error’’ are omitted on au-
thority of the Act of Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, § 1, 45 Stat. 54.
The word ‘‘considers’’ is s
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