Restoring Executive Power To Appoint United States Attorneys Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jul 31, 2025
What it does
The bill would amend Title 28 of the United States Code to restore the President’s exclusive authority to appoint United States Attorneys by removing current provisions that allow interim appointments by courts or senior Department of Justice officials when a vacancy occurs. It would replace those provisions with a rule stating that a person appointed as a U.S. Attorney under the vacancy statute may serve only until a presidentially appointed U.S. Attorney qualifies for the position. This change affects the process for filling vacancies in U.S. Attorney offices across federal judicial districts, shifting appointment power back to the executive branch. The bill does not alter the Senate’s…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
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