§ 531. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the Department of Justice.
(Added Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 616.)
Historical and Revision Notes
The section is supplied for convenience and clarification. The Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice, the earliest predecessor agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was created administratively in 1908. It appears that funds used for the Bureau of Investigation were first obtained through the Department of Justice Appropriation Act of May 22, 1908, ch. 186, § 1 (par. beginning “From the appropriations for the prosecution of crimes”), 35 Stat. 236, although that statutory provision makes no express mention of the Bureau or of the investigative function.
Section 3 of Executive Order No. 6166 of June 10, 1933, specifically recognized the Bureau of Investigation in the Department of Justice and provided that all that Bureau’s functions together with the investigative functions of the Bureau of Prohibition were “transferred to and consolidated in a Division of Investigation in the Department of Justice, at the head of which shall be a Director of Investigation.”
The Division of Investigation was first designated as the “Federal Bureau of Investigation” by the Act of Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title II, 49 Stat. 77, and has been so designated in statutes since that date.
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- Pub. L. 89–554, § 4(c)
- 80 Stat. 616
- Act of May 22, 1908, ch. 186, § 1
- 35 Stat. 236
- Act of Mar. 22, 1935, ch. 39, title II
- 49 Stat. 77
- 136 Stat. 6209
- Pub. L. 108–458, title VIII, § 8402
- 118 Stat. 3869
- Pub. L. 108–405, title II, § 203(f)
- 118 Stat. 2271
- Pub. L. 105–314, title VII, § 703(a)
- 112 Stat. 2987–2989
- Pub. L. 104–132, title VIII, § 811
- 110 Stat. 1312
- Pub. L. 106–546, § 6(a)
- 114 Stat. 2733
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