[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1338 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1338

 To improve the United States Marshals Service, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 19 (legislative day, October 18), 1995

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To improve the United States Marshals Service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States Marshals Service 
Improvement Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. PHASING OUT OF POLITICAL APPOINTEES.

    Any individual who, on the date of the enactment of this Act, is a 
United States marshal to whose appointment the Senate has given its 
advice and consent, shall continue to serve for the remainder of the 
term for which such marshal was appointed, unless removed at an earlier 
date by the President.

SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES MARSHALS.

    Section 561 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``The President shall appoint, by 
                and with the advice and consent of the Senate,'' and 
                inserting ``The Attorney General shall appoint''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``from a position in the 
                competitive service in the United States Marshals 
                Service,'' after ``District of Columbia,''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``President'' and 
        inserting ``Attorney General''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 562 of title 28, United States Code, and the 
item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 37 of such title, are repealed.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 569 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b).
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