{"data":{"id":"us/28-u.s.c.-516","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 U.S.C. § 516","heading":"Conduct of litigation reserved to Department of Justice","body":"Except as otherwise authorized by law, the conduct of litigation in which the United States, an agency, or officer thereof is a party, or is interested, and securing evidence therefor, is reserved to officers of the Department of Justice, under the direction of the Attorney General.","path":["Title 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 31—THE ATTORNEY GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc28@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:58:31Z","sha256":"0aa679051f8533d389113cf60799ef60c914d7abbed0e5d4e6271c17b541db59","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-u.s.c.-515","next":"us/28-u.s.c.-517"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}