[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 254 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 254

To provide for the review by Congress of proposed construction of court 
                              facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2001

  Mr. Gilman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the review by Congress of proposed construction of court 
                              facilities.

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

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF NEW CONSTRUCTION FOR FEDERAL COURTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 462 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g)(1) Facilities for holding court may not be constructed 
unless--
            ``(A) the Director of the Administrative Office of the 
        United States Courts submits to the Congress a report setting 
        forth the plans for the proposed construction; and
            ``(B) 30 days have elapsed and the Congress has not, before 
        the end of that 30-day period, enacted a provision of law 
        stating in substance that the Congress disapproves the proposed 
        construction.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), construction of facilities 
includes the alteration, improvement, remodeling, reconstuction, or 
enlargement of any building for purposes of holding court.
    ``(3) The 30-day period referred to in paragraph (1) shall be 
computed by excluding--
            ``(A) the days on which either House is not in session 
        because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain 
        or an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and
            ``(B) any Saturday and Sunday, not excluded under 
        subparagraph (A), when either House is not in session.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 462 of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, and subject to subsection (g)'';
            (2) in subsection (c), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, and subject to subsection (g)''; and
            (3) in subsection (f), by inserting ``subject to subsection 
        (g),'' after ``Director requests,''.
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