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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8124 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 19, 2020 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for transportation and subsistence for criminal justice defendants, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Judicial Ad3 ministration Act of 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE FOR CRIMI5 NAL JUSTICE ACT DEFENDANTS. 

6 Section 4285 of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended in the first sentence— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘when the interests of justice 

9 would be served thereby and the United States judge 

10 or magistrate judge is satisfied, after appropriate in11 quiry, that the defendant is financially unable to 

12 provide the necessary transportation to appear be13 fore the required court on his own’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘when the United States judge or magistrate judge 

15 is satisfied that the defendant is indigent based on 

16 appointment of counsel pursuant to section 3006A, 

17 or, after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is 

18 financially unable to provide necessary transpor19 tation on his own’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘to the place where his appear21 ance is required,’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) to the place 

22 where each appearance is required and (2) to return 

23 to the place of the person’s arrest or bona fide resi24 dence,’’; and 

25 (3) by striking ‘‘to his destination,’’ and insert26 ing ‘‘which includes money for both lodging and 


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1 food, during travel to the person’s destination and 

2 during any proceeding at which the person’s appear3 ance is required’’. 

4 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE USE OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO DE5 CIDE POSTJUDGMENT MOTIONS. 

6 Section 3401 of title 18, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in the second sentence, by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, judgment,’’; 

11 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 

12 and rulings on all post-judgment motions’’ after 

13 ‘‘sentencing’’; 

14 (C) in the third sentence, by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, judgment,’’; and 

16 (D) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 

17 and rulings on all post-judgment motions’’ after 

18 ‘‘sentencing’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, with the ap20 proval of a judge of the district court,’’; and 

21 (3) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(j) A magistrate judge who exercises trial jurisdic24 tion under this section, in either a petty offense case or 

25 a misdemeanor case in which the defendant has consented 


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1 to a magistrate judge, may also rule on all post-judgment 

2 motions in that case, including but not limited to petitions 

3 for writs of habeas corpus, writs of coram nobis, motions 

4 to vacate a sentence under section 2255 of title 28, and 

5 motions related to mental competency under chapter 313 

6 of this title.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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