[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1631-S1632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       FEDERAL JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 2009

  Mr. KAUFMAN. I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of S. 1782 and the Senate proceed 
to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1782) to provide improvements for the operations 
     of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a Whitehouse 
substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to; the bill, as 
amended, be read a third time and passed; the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and any 
statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3540) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute)

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judiciary 
     Administrative Improvements Act of 2010''.

     SEC. 2. SENIOR JUDGE GOVERNANCE CORRECTION.

       Section 631(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
     in the first sentence by striking ``(including any judge in 
     regular active service and any judge who has retired from 
     regular active service under section 371(b) of this title, 
     when designated and assigned to the court to which such judge 
     was appointed)''.

     SEC. 3. REVISION OF STATUTORY DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT OF 
                   NORTH DAKOTA.

       Chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking section 114 and inserting the following:

     ``Sec. 114. North Dakota

       ``North Dakota constitutes one judicial district.
       ``Court shall be held at Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks, and 
     Minot.''.

     SEC. 4. SEPARATION OF THE JUDGMENT AND STATEMENT OF REASONS 
                   FORMS.

       Section 3553(c)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``the written order of judgment and 
     commitment'' and inserting ``a statement of reasons form 
     issued under section 994(w)(1)(B) of title 28''.

     SEC. 5. PRETRIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS FOR JUVENILES.

       Section 3154 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph (15); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
       ``(14) Perform, in a manner appropriate for juveniles, any 
     of the functions identified in this section with respect to 
     juveniles awaiting adjudication, trial, or disposition under 
     chapter 403 of this title who are not detained.''.

     SEC. 6. STATISTICAL REPORTING SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL WIRETAP 
                   ORDERS.

       Section 2519 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

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       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Within thirty days 
     after the expiration of an order (or each extension thereof) 
     entered under section 2518, or the denial of an order 
     approving an interception, the issuing or denying judge'' and 
     inserting ``In January of each year, any judge who has issued 
     an order (or an extension thereof) under section 2518 that 
     expired during the preceding year, or who has denied approval 
     of an interception during that year,'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``In January of each 
     year'' and inserting ``In March of each year''; and
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``In April of each year'' 
     and inserting ``In June of each year''.

     SEC. 7. THRESHOLDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF OTHER THAN 
                   COUNSEL CASE COMPENSATION.

       Section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (e)--
       (A) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), in the second sentence, by 
     striking ``$500'' and inserting ``$800''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$500'' and 
     inserting ``$800''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3), in the first sentence, by striking 
     ``$1,600'' and inserting ``$2,400''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) The dollar amounts provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
     shall be adjusted simultaneously by an amount, rounded to the 
     nearest multiple of $100, equal to the percentage of the 
     cumulative adjustments taking effect under section 5303 of 
     title 5 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule since 
     the date the dollar amounts provided in paragraphs (2) and 
     (3), respectively, were last enacted or adjusted by 
     statute.''.

  The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, was read the third time, and passed.

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