United States Department of Justice

E1560

federal executive department justice ministry

The United States Department of Justice is the federal executive department responsible for enforcing U.S. law, ensuring public safety, and overseeing agencies such as the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons.

Observed surface forms (18)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Department of Justice	72
Department of Justice	9
Department of Justice Antitrust Division	3
Department of Justice of the United States	3
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division	3
DOJ	2
United States Department of Justice positions	2
Antitrust Division	1
Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice	1
Bureau of Prisons	1
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE	1
U.S. Attorney General’s office	1
U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information Policy	1
U.S. Department of Justice website	1
United States Department of Justice (for criminal provisions)	1
United States Department of Justice Criminal Division for certain matters	1
United States Department of Justice Tax Division	1
United States Department of Justice officials	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal executive department ⓘ justice ministry ⓘ
budgetUnit	United States dollar ⓘ
cabinetLevel	yes ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateFounded	1870-06-22 ⓘ
employs	Assistant United States Attorneys ⓘ FBI special agents ⓘ federal correctional officers ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
hasType	law enforcement agency ⓘ prosecutorial authority ⓘ
headedBy	United States Attorney General ⓘ
headquartersBuilding	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	Judiciary Act of 1870 ⓘ
locatedOn	Pennsylvania Avenue ⓘ
motto	Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
oversees	United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Antitrust Division Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ⓘ United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bureau of Prisons Civil Rights Division ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ Environment and Natural Resources Division ⓘ Executive Office for United States Attorneys ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ National Security Division ⓘ Office of Justice Programs ⓘ Tax Division ⓘ United States Marshals Service ⓘ
partOf	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
predecessor	Office of the Attorney General ⓘ
reportsTo	President of the United States ⓘ
responsibility	administration of federal prisons ⓘ antitrust enforcement ⓘ civil rights enforcement ⓘ counterintelligence ⓘ counterterrorism ⓘ drug law enforcement ⓘ enforcement of federal law ⓘ ensuring public safety against foreign and domestic threats ⓘ federal law enforcement coordination ⓘ immigration law enforcement ⓘ prosecution of federal crimes ⓘ representation of the United States in legal matters ⓘ
shortName	United States Department of Justice self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DOJ
translatedMotto	Who prosecutes on behalf of justice ⓘ
website	https://www.justice.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (334)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title 17 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of Justice (for criminal provisions)

Title 18 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Title 6 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Title II – Public Accommodations → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Title IX – Intervention and Removal of Cases → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Title VIII → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Title X – Community Relations Service → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006 → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (civil enforcement in certain contexts) → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

University of Alabama integration crisis → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

VRA → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 → enforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q) → enforcementAgency → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990

International Emergency Economic Powers Act → enforcementAgency → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Public Law 86-449 → enforcementMechanism → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Criminal Division → establishedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States → expandedPowersOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Civil Rights Act of 1960

USA PATRIOT Act → expandsAuthorityOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Public Law 107-56 → expandsPowerOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

AMLA 2020 → expandsPowersOf → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

United States v. Edward Snowden → filedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States v. Julian Assange → filedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

FBI Hostage Rescue Team → governingBody → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

FBI special agents → governingBody → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Office of General Counsel → governingBody → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of General Counsel (OJP)

Policy and Strategy Section → governingBody → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

J. Edgar Hoover Building → governmentBranchServed → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Seal of the United States Department of Justice → hasOuterInscription → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

United States Attorney General → heads → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → hostsInstitution → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

National Counterterrorism Strategy of the United States → implementedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Justice

National HIV/AIDS Strategy of the United States → implementedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Justice

Title IV – Desegregation of Public Education → implementedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Trafficking Victims Protection Act → implementedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Cabinet of the United States → includesOffice → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

1963 "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door" incident → involvedOrganization → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

In re Debs Supreme Court case → involvedOrganization → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: In re Debs

Enron accounting scandal → involves → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

United States v. Edward Snowden → involvesOrganization → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Commerce and Trade → isEnforcedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Attorney General Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations → issuedBy → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management → jurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Office of Communications → jurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Justice

Office of the Chief Information Officer → jurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Chief Information Officer (OJP)

Office of the Chief Operating Officer → jurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth → jurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

Chicago Outfit → lawEnforcementTarget → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

policy development office → locatedInJurisdiction → United States Department of Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Policy Development Office