[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 531 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.531

                       One Hundred Fourth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the third day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six


                                 An Act


 
To authorize a circuit judge who has taken part in an in banc hearing of 
   a case to continue to participate in that case after taking senior 
                     status, 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. AMENDMENT.

    The last sentence of section 46(c) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ``(1)'' after ``eligible'' and by inserting 
before the period at the end of the sentence ``, or (2) to continue to 
participate in the decision of a case or controversy that was heard or 
reheard by the court in banc at a time when such judge was in regular 
active service''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.