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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is a federal executive department of the U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justice. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. Pam Bondi has served as U.S. attorney general since February 4, 2025. The Justice Department contains most of the United States' federal law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The department also has eight divisions of lawyers who represent the federal government in litigation: the Criminal, Civil, Antitrust, Tax, Civil Rights, Environment and Natural Resources, National Security, and Justice Management Divisions. The DOJ includes the U.S. Attorneys' offices for each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. The U.S. Congress created the Justice Department in 1870, during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. Its functions originally date to 1789, when Congress created the office of the Attorney General.

Infobox

Formed
July 1, 1870; 155 years ago (1870-07-01)
Type
Executive department
Jurisdiction
U.S. federal government
Headquarters
Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building950 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, D 38°53′36″N 77°1′30″W / 38.89333°N 77.02500°W / 38.89333; -77.02500
Motto
"Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur" (Latin: "Who prosecutes on behalf of justice (or the Lady Justice)")
Employees
113,114 (2019)
Annual budget
$37.52 billion (FY 2024)
Agency executives
mw- Pam Bondi, Attorney GeneralTodd Blanche, Deputy Attorney GeneralVacant, Associate Attorney GeneralD. John Sauer, Solicitor General
Website
justice.gov

Tables

· Organization › Divisions
Antitrust Division
Antitrust Division
Division
Antitrust Division
Year established(as formal division)
1919
Civil Division
Civil Division
Division
Civil Division
Year established(as formal division)
1933
Civil Rights Division
Civil Rights Division
Division
Civil Rights Division
Year established(as formal division)
1957
Criminal Division
Criminal Division
Division
Criminal Division
Year established(as formal division)
1919
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
Division
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
Year established(as formal division)
1909
Justice Management Division (JMD)
Justice Management Division (JMD)
Division
Justice Management Division (JMD)
Year established(as formal division)
1945
National Security Division (NSD)
National Security Division (NSD)
Division
National Security Division (NSD)
Year established(as formal division)
2006
Tax Division
Tax Division
Division
Tax Division
Year established(as formal division)
1933
Division
Year established(as formal division)
Antitrust Division
1919
Civil Division
1933
Civil Rights Division
1957
Criminal Division
1919
Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD)
1909
Justice Management Division (JMD)
1945
National Security Division (NSD)
2006
Tax Division
1933
Budget Summary[39] · Finances and budget
Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement
Program
Law Enforcement
FY 2022 (millions)
$19,286
FY 2023 (millions)
$20,543
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
$21,292
Litigation
Litigation
Program
Litigation
FY 2022 (millions)
1,552
FY 2023 (millions)
1,752
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
2,091
Admin/Technology/Other
Admin/Technology/Other
Program
Admin/Technology/Other
FY 2022 (millions)
880
FY 2023 (millions)
652
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
2,009
Prisons and Detention
Prisons and Detention
Program
Prisons and Detention
FY 2022 (millions)
10,223
FY 2023 (millions)
10,802
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
9,988
State and Local Grants
State and Local Grants
Program
State and Local Grants
FY 2022 (millions)
$3,630
FY 2023 (millions)
$4,195
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
$4,912
ATR and USTP Fees
ATR and USTP Fees
Program
ATR and USTP Fees
FY 2022 (millions)
(551)
FY 2023 (millions)
(459)
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
(556)
Total, Discretionary BA with Fees
Total, Discretionary BA with Fees
Program
Total, Discretionary BA with Fees
FY 2022 (millions)
$35,020
FY 2023 (millions)
$37,485
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
$39,736
Program
FY 2022 (millions)
FY 2023 (millions)
FY 2024 proposed (millions)
Law Enforcement
$19,286
$20,543
$21,292
Litigation
1,552
1,752
2,091
Admin/Technology/Other
880
652
2,009
Prisons and Detention
10,223
10,802
9,988
State and Local Grants
$3,630
$4,195
$4,912
ATR and USTP Fees
(551)
(459)
(556)
Total, Discretionary BA with Fees
$35,020
$37,485
$39,736

References

  1. The Civil Division was originally called the Claims Division; it adopted its current name on February 13, 1953.
  2. The ENRD was originally called the Land and Natural Resources Division; it adopted its current name in 1990.
  3. The JMD was originally called the Administrative Division; it adopted its current name in 1985.
  4. Revision of Original Letter Dated 14 February 1992 Archived September 19, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, United States De
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  5. Ave Maria Law Review
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  6. "2020 Budget Summary"
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  7. www.senate.gov
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  8. "United States Department of Justice: About DOJ"
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  9. John P. Frank, "Edward Bates, Lincoln's Attorney General", American Journal of Legal History 10#1 (1966) pp 34–50.
  10. "Public Acts of the Forty First Congress"
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  11. "Act to Establish the Department of Justice"
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  12. "About DOJ – DOJ – Department of Justice"
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  13. Shugerman, Jed Handelsman. “The Creation of the Department of Justice: Professionalization Without Civil Rights or Civil
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  14. Grant
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  16. Williams (1996), The Great South Carolina Ku Klux Klan Trials, 1871–1872, p. 123
  17. The Department of Justice of the United States
  18. The Department of Justice of the United States
  19. Executive Order 6166, Sec. 5 (June 12, 1933), at [1] Archived October 18, 2020, at the Wayback Machine.
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  20. "PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM DIRECTS DESIGNATION OF MAIN JUSTICE BUILDING AS THE "ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUSTICE BUILDING""
    https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2001/November/01_ag_605.htm
  21. History of the Antitrust Division Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, United States Department of Justice.
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  22. Gregory Sisk & Michael F. Noone, Litigation with the Federal Government (4th ed.) (American Law Institute, 2006), pp. 10
  23. Former Assistant Attorneys General: Civil Division Archived January 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Department of
    https://www.justice.gov/civil/former-assistant-attorneys-general
  24. Kevin Alonso & R. Bruce Anderson, "Civil Rights Legislation and Policy" in Postwar America: An Encyclopedia of Social, P
  25. Organization, Mission and Functions Manual: Criminal Division Archived December 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, United
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  26. Arnold W. Reitze, Air Pollution Control Law: Compliance and Enforcement (Environmental Law Institute, 2001), p. 571.
  27. Cornell W. Clayton, The Politics of Justice: The Attorney General and the Making of Legal Policy (M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 199
  28. National Security Cultures: Patterns of Global Governance (Routledge, 2010; eds. Emil J. Kirchner & James Sperling), p.
  29. Nancy Staudt, The Judicial Power of the Purse: How Courts Fund National Defense in Times of Crisis (University of Chicag
  30. Civilian Agency Records: Department of Justice Records Archived October 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, National Archi
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  32. United States Marshals Service Then ... and Now (Office of the Director, United States Marshals Service, U.S. Department
  33. The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide (Oryz Press, 1999, ed. Athan G. Theoharis), p. 102.
  34. Mitchel P. Roth, Prisons and Prison Systems: A Global Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2006), pp. 278–79.
  35. Dean J. Champion, Sentencing: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, Inc.: 2008), pp. 22–23.
  36. James O. Windell, Looking Back in Crime: What Happened on This Date in Criminal Justice History? (CRC Press, 2015), p. 9
  37. Transfer of ATF to U.S. Department of Justice[permanent dead link], Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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  41. Daily News Brief
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  42. justice.gov
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