124 STAT. 1216 PUBLIC LAW 111–174—MAY 27, 2010 

Public Law 111–174 

111th Congress 

An Act 

To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal courts, 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 ‘‘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: 

‘‘§ 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.’’. 

Federal Judiciary 

Administrative 

Improvements 

Act of 2010. 

18 USC 1 note. 

May 27, 2010 

[S. 1782] 


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PUBLIC LAW 111–174—MAY 27, 2010 124 STAT. 1217 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1782 (H.R. 3632): 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 

Mar. 16, considered and passed Senate. 

May 18, considered and passed House. 

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SEC. 6. STATISTICAL REPORTING SCHEDULE FOR CRIMINAL WIRETAP 

ORDERS. 

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

(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.’’. 

Approved May 27, 2010. 


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