3.0.0 2396 2023-01-15T04:49:05Z 2023-01-15T04:49:05Z Senate S S 2004-05-10 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-05-10T20:17:46Z 2004-05-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5080-5084) IntroReferral 2004-05-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5080) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2004-05-10 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2004-05-10 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2004-05-10 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-05-10 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2004-05-10 True Law Administration of justice Alabama Aliens Annuities Appellate courts Appellate procedure Arkansas Armed Forces and National Security Bankruptcy Bankruptcy courts Change of venue Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil procedure Civil service retirement Commerce Conferences Confidential communications Congress Cost of living adjustments Court records Court reporting Courthouses Crime and Law Enforcement Debtor and creditor Delegation of powers Disability insurance Disability retirement Disabled District courts Donation of organs, tissues, etc. Drug abuse Drug abuse treatment Economics and Public Finance Education Electronic government information Emergency Management Employee benefit plans Families Federal aid to education Federal employees Federal officials Federally-guaranteed loans Fees Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Fire fighters Foreign Trade and International Finance Foreign corporations Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government employees' health insurance Government employees' life insurance Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Guam Health Higher education Identification devices Immigrants Immigration Imprisonment Investment of public funds Judges Judicial compensation Judicial districts Judicial officers Judicial reform Judicial review Juries Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Law libraries Leave of absence Legal education Legal fees Legal services Liens Local officials Magistrates Members of Congress Military personnel New York State North Carolina Northern Mariana Islands Parole Police Probation Public defenders Right of privacy Salaries Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Sick leave Signs and signboards Social Welfare Social security numbers Speedy trial State officials Student loan funds Survivors' benefits Tennessee Texas Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Trusts and trustees Virgin Islands Warrants (Law) Wiretapping Law 00 2004-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-28T18:03:50Z Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004 - Sets forth or amends various judicial, criminal, and bankruptcy code provisions to address the Federal judicial process, including: (1) bankruptcy administrator authority to appoint and serve as bankruptcy trustees; (2) places of holding court in, and changes in the composition of, specified districts; (3) jury matters; (4) conditions of probation and supervised release; (5) the scope of diversity citizenship for resident aliens and corporations with foreign contacts; (6) wiretap order reporting requirements; (7) emergency authority to conduct court proceedings outside a court's territorial jurisdiction; and (8) certain privacy concerns in bankruptcy cases.

Amends various Federal judicial code, Higher Education Act, Organic Act of Guam, Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, civil service, and other provisions to address Federal judicial personnel matters, including: (1) annuities for territorial judges; (2) compensation for Federal Judicial Center employees; (3) annual leave limits for judicial branch executives; (4) supplemental benefits for judicial branch employees; (5) student loan forgiveness for Federal defenders and student loan deferment for law clerks; (6) inclusion of judicial branch personnel in the organ donor leave program; (7) transportation and subsistence expenses for Criminal Justice Act defendants; (8) compensation in excess of the statutory maximum for defense counsel and for services other than counsel; (9) judicial branch security requirements; (10) life insurance for bankruptcy, magistrate, and territorial judges; and (11) health insurance for surviving family and spouses of judges.

Prohibits knowingly recording fictitious liens against the property of Federal judges.]]>

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004 Display Title Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to make improvements in the operations and administration of the Federal courts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-05-10T04:00:00Z 2004-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5080-5084) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.