S. 2407

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four

An Act

To make improvements in the operation and administration 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 ‘‘Judicial Amendments Act of

1994’’.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE JUDICIARY AUTOMATION FUND.

Section 612 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the second sentence by inserting after ‘‘equipment for’’ the following: ‘‘program activities included in

the courts of appeals, district courts, and other judicial

services account of’’; and

(B) in the third sentence by striking out all after ‘‘personal services’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘, support

personnel in the courts and in the Administrative Office

of the United States Courts, and other costs, for the effective management, coordination, operation, and use of automatic data processing equipment purchased by the Fund.

In addition, all agencies of the judiciary may make deposits

into the Fund to meet their automatic data processing

needs in accordance with subsections (b) and (c)(2).’’;

(2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking out ‘‘judicial branch’’

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘activities funded under subsection

(a) and shall include an annual estimate of any fees that

may be collected under section 404 of the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–515; 104 Stat. 2133)’’;

(3) in subsection (b)(2) by striking out ‘‘judicial branch

of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘activities

funded under subsection (a)’’;

(4) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by inserting after ‘‘surplus property’’ the following: ‘‘, all fees collected after the date of the

enactment of the Judicial Amendments Act of 1994 by the

judiciary under section 404 of the Judiciary Appropriations

Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–515; 104 Stat. 2133)’’;

(5) in subsection (e)(1)—

(A) by striking out ‘‘(A)’’; and

(B) by striking out ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu

thereof ‘‘amounts estimated to be collected under subsection

(c) for that fiscal year’’;
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(6) in subsection (h) by amending the subsection to read

as follows:

‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall submit to the Congress an annual report on the operation of the Fund, including

on the inventory, use, and acquisition of automatic data processing equipment from the Fund and the consistency of such

acquisition with the plan prepared under subsection (b). The

report shall set forth the amounts deposited into the Fund

under subsection (c).

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The annual report

submitted under this subsection shall include—

‘‘(A) the specific actions taken and the progress made

to improve the plan developed under subsection (b) and

the long range automation plan and strategic business

plan developed under subsection (k); and

‘‘(B) a comparison of planned Fund expenditures and

accomplishments with actual Fund expenditures and

accomplishments, and the reasons for any delays in scheduled systems development, or budget overruns.

‘‘(3) REPORT IN YEAR OF TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—

The annual report submitted under this subsection for any

year in which the authority for this section is to terminate

under subsection (m), shall be submitted no later than 9 months

before the date of such termination.’’;

(7) in subsection (i) by striking out all after ‘‘Judicial Conference of the United States,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘may transfer amounts up to $1,000,000 from the Fund into

the account to which the funds were originally appropriated.

Any amounts transferred from the Fund in excess of $1,000,000

in any fiscal year may only be transferred by following

reprogramming procedures in compliance with section 606 of

the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the

Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100–459; 102 Stat. 2227).’’;

(8) in subsection (j) in the second sentence by inserting

‘‘in statute’’ after ‘‘not specified’’;

(9) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as subsections (l) and (m), respectively, and by inserting after subsection (j)

the following new subsection:

‘‘(k) LONG RANGE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PLANS.—The

Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Court

shall—

‘‘(1) develop an overall strategic business plan which would

identify the judiciary’s missions, goals, and objectives;

‘‘(2) develop a long range automation plan based on the

strategic business plan and user needs assessments;

‘‘(3) establish effective Administrative Office oversight of

court automation efforts to ensure the effective operation of

existing systems and control over developments of future systems;

‘‘(4) expedite efforts to complete the development and

implementation of life cycle management standards;

‘‘(5) utilize the standards in developing the next generation

of case management and financial systems; and

‘‘(6) assess the current utilization and future user requirements of the data communications network.’’; and
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(10) in subsection (m) (as redesignated under paragraph

(9)) of this section—

(A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘1994’’, and

inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘1997’’; and

(B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘ ‘Judicial

Services Account’ ’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fund established under section 1931 of this title’’.

SEC. 3. COURT ARBITRATION AUTHORIZATION.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 905 of the

Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act (28 U.S.C. 651

note) is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1989, and for each of the succeeding

7 fiscal years,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for each of the

fiscal years 1994 through 1997’’; and

(2) in the third sentence by striking out all beginning

with ‘‘, except that’’ through ‘‘this Act’’.

(b) REMOVAL OF REPEALER.—Section 906 of the Judicial

Improvements and Access to Justice Act (28 U.S.C. 651 note),

and the item relating to such section in the table of contents

contained in section 3 of such Act, are repealed.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF CIVIL JUSTICE EXPENSE AND DELAY REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAMS.

Section 105 of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C.

471 note; 104 Stat. 5097) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking out ‘‘4-year period’’ and

inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘5-year period’’;

(2) in subsection (b)(3)—

(A) in the first sentence by striking out ‘‘3 years’’

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘4 years’’; and

(B) in the second sentence by striking out ‘‘3-year

period’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘4-year period’’; and

(3) in subsection (c)(1) by striking out ‘‘December 31, 1995,’’

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 1996,’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.