ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—THE JUDICIARY 

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Note: For bill language, the judiciary used the language 

from P.L. 116-260, Financial Services and General 

Government Appropriations Act, 2021. Therefore, the 

bracketed and italicized changes reflected below are being 

made to FY 2021 language as it appears in P.L 116-260. 

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. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States Code, 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘executive’’ 

each place it appears.

SEC. 305. 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. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 

Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is 

amended [in the matter following paragraph 12–]

[(1)] in the second sentence (relating to the District of 

Kansas) following paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘[29]30 years 

and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘[30]31 years and 6 months’’.[; 

and]

[(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the District of 

Hawaii), by striking ‘‘26 years and 6 months’’ and inserting 

‘‘27 years and 6 months’’.]

(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury,

Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the

District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies

Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119

Stat. 2470; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the

second sentence (relating to the eastern District of

Missouri) by striking ‘‘[27]28 years and 6 months’’ and

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inserting ‘‘[28]29 years and 6 months’’. 

(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Department of Justice

Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 28

U.S.C. 133 note), is amended—

(1) in the first sentence by inserting after “except in the

case of” the following: “the northern district of Alabama,”; 

(2) in the first sentence by inserting after “the central

district of California” the following: “,”;

([1]3) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘[18]19

years’’ and inserting ‘‘[19]20 years’’;

(4) by adding at the end of the first sentence the

following: “The first vacancy in the office of district judge in 

the northern district of Alabama occurring 19 years or more 

after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the 

temporary district judgeship created in that district by this 

subsection, shall not be filled.”; 

([2]5) in the [second]third sentence (relating to the 

central District of California), by striking ‘‘[17]18 years and 6 

months’’ and inserting ‘‘[18]19 years and 6 months’’; and 

([3]6) in the [third]fourth sentence (relating to the 

western district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘[16]17

years’’ and inserting ‘‘[17]18 years’’.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropriations Act,

[2021]2022’’.

Explanation of Changes 

• The above language extends eight temporary district

judgeships for 12 months each: Arizona, California-Central,

Florida-Southern, Kansas, Missouri-Eastern, New Mexico,

North Carolina-Western, and Texas-Eastern.

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