{ "id": "R41850", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORTS", "number": "R41850", "active": false, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com, University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents Department", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 428192, "date": "2014-02-19", "retrieved": "2016-04-06T23:06:48.724513", "title": "FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure", "summary": "The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The statutory basis for the present nomination and confirmation process was developed in 1968 and 1976, and has been used since the death of J. Edgar Hoover in 1972. Over this time, seven nominations have been confirmed and two have been withdrawn by the President before confirmation. The position of FBI Director has a fixed 10-year term, and the officeholder cannot be reappointed, unless Congress acts to allow a second appointment of the incumbent. There are no statutory conditions on the President\u2019s authority to remove the FBI Director. Since 1972, one Director has been removed by the President.\nRobert S. Mueller III was the first FBI Director to be appointed to a second term, and this was done under special statutory arrangements. He was first confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 2001, with a term of office that expired in September 2011. In May 2011, President Barack Obama announced his intention to seek legislation that would extend Mueller\u2019s term of office for two years. Legislation that would allow Mueller to be nominated to an additional, two-year term was considered and passed in the Senate and the House, and President Obama signed the bill into law (P.L. 112-24) on July 26, 2011. Mueller subsequently was nominated and confirmed to the two-year term, and he served until September 4, 2013.\nOn June 21, 2013, President Obama nominated James B. Comey Jr., a former Deputy Attorney General, to succeed Mueller. Comey was confirmed by the Senate on July 29, 2013, and he took office on September 4, 2013.\nThis report provides an overview of the development of the process for appointing the FBI Director, briefly discusses the history of nominations to this position, and identifies related congressional hearing records and reports. \nTwo appendixes to the report provide information and analysis concerning the 2011 extension of the Director\u2019s tenure. Appendix A documents the successive developments that enabled this extension, including the enactment of P.L. 112-24 and Mueller\u2019s nomination and confirmation. 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The report then discusses precedent for lengthening the tenure of an office and the constitutionality of extending the tenure of the Directorship for the current incumbent, and addresses whether it would be necessary for Mr. Mueller to be appointed a second time.", "type": "CRS Report", "typeId": "REPORT", "active": false, "formats": [ { "format": "PDF", "filename": "files/20110607_R41850_ba08ba34efd3121267115c9f8bc6b55414affbae.pdf" }, { "format": "HTML", "filename": "files/20110607_R41850_ba08ba34efd3121267115c9f8bc6b55414affbae.html" } ], "topics": [ { "source": "LIV", "id": "Criminal justice", "name": "Criminal justice" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Criminal investigation", "name": "Criminal investigation" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Detectives", "name": "Detectives" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Governmental investigations", "name": "Governmental investigations" }, { "source": "LIV", "id": "Administration of criminal justice", "name": "Administration of criminal justice" } ] } ], "topics": [ "American Law" ] }