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H.R. 580: To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 580: To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-19 · Law · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 189 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR580 (2007-03-26), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 20, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the federal judicial code to provide for a person appointed as U.S. attorney to serve until the earlier of: (1) the qualification of a U.S. attorney for such district appointed by the President (as under current law); or (2) the expiration of 120 days after appointment by the Attorney General. Authorizes the U.S. district court for the particular district, if such a 120-day temporary appointment expires, to appoint a U.S. attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. States that this Act is the exclusive means for appointing a person to perform temporarily the functions of a U.S. attorney for a district in which the office of a U.S. attorney is vacant.

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Official text

To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 580, A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, USC, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a U.S. attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes (2007-03-19); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 580, A bill to amend chapter 35 of title 28, USC, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a U.S. attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, and for other purposes (2007-03-19)

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA)

Recorded votes

Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr580 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110