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§ 546. Vacancies
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General may appoint a United States attorney for the district in which the office of United States attorney is vacant.
(b)
The Attorney General shall not appoint as United States attorney a person to whose appointment by the President to that office the Senate refused to give advice and consent.
(c)
A person appointed as United States attorney under this section may serve until the qualification of a United States Attorney for such district appointed by the President under section
541 of this title.
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