# Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009/Division D/Title III
## TITLE III — The Judiciary
### Supreme Court of the United States
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $69,777,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

#### Care of the Building and Grounds

       For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), $18,447,000, which shall remain available until expended.

### United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $30,384,000.

### United States Court of International Trade
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries of the officers and employees of the court, services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $19,605,000.

### Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,801,369,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and construction projects.
       In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-660), not to exceed $4,253,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

#### Defender Services

       For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, and also under section 3599 of title 18, United States Code, in cases in which a defendant is charged with a crime that may be punishable by death; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert, and other services under section 3006A(e) of title 18, United States Code, and also under section 3599(f) and (g)(2) of title 18, United States Code, in cases in which a defendant is charged with a crime that may be punishable by death; the compensation (in accordance with the maximums under section 3006A of title 18, United States Code) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the United States to foreign countries with which the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil forfeiture proceedings; and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, $849,400,000, to remain available until expended.

#### Fees of Jurors and Commissioners

       For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $62,206,000, to remain available until expended:
          Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

#### Court Security

    (including transfers of funds)
       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to the provision of protective guard services for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security systems and equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by the Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $428,858,000, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.

### Administrative Office of the United States Courts
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,049,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

### Federal Judicial Center
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by Public Law 90-219, $25,725,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2010, to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

### Judicial Retirement Funds
#### Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds

       For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $65,340,000; to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $6,600,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $4,200,000.

### United States Sentencing Commission
#### Salaries and Expenses

       For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $16,225,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

### Administrative Provisions—The Judiciary

(including transfer of funds)

#### Sec. 301.

    Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

#### Sec. 302.

    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services´´ and ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners´´, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:
          Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608.

#### Sec. 303.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ``Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services´´ shall be available for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:
          Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.

#### Sec. 304.

    Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund.

#### Sec. 305.

    Section 3314(a) of title 40, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting ``Federal´´ for ``executive´´ each place it appears.

#### Sec. 306.

    In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561-569, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to provide, except for the services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For building-specific security services at these courthouses, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service rather than the Department of Homeland Security.

#### Sec. 307.

    (a) In General.—
       Section 604(a)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking ``magistrate judges appointed under section 631 of this title,´´ and inserting the following: ``, United States magistrate judges, bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 6 of this title, judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands, bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges retired under section 377 of this title, and judges retired under section 373 of this title, who are´´.
    (b) Construction.—
       For purposes of construing and applying chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, including any adjustment of insurance rates by regulation or otherwise, the following categories of judicial officers shall be deemed to be judges of the United States as described under section 8701 of title 5, United States Code:
          (1) United States magistrate judges.
          (2) Bankruptcy judges appointed under chapter 6 of title 28, United States Code.
          (3) Judges of the District Court of Guam, judges of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, and judges of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
          (4) Bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges retired under section 377 of title 28, United States Code.
          (5) Judges retired under section 373 of title 28, United States Code.
    (c) Effective Date.—
       Subsection (b) and the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any payment made on or after the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date of the enactment of Public Law 110-177.

#### Sec. 308.

    Subsection (c) of section 407 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 (division A, title IV, of Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2396, 2471) is repealed.

#### Sec. 309.

    Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—
          (1) in the second sentence, by inserting ``the district of Hawaii,´´ after ``Pennsylvania,´´;
          (2) in the third sentence (relating to the District of Kansas), by striking ``17 years´´ and inserting ``18 years´´;
          (3) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Northern District of Ohio), by striking ``17 years´´ and inserting ``18 years´´.
          (4) by inserting ``The first vacancy in the office of the district judge in the district of Hawaii occurring 15 years or more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary judgeship created under this subsection shall not be filled.´´ after the sixth sentence.

#### Sec. 310.

    Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal year 2009, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461.
This title may be cited as the ``Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2009´´.