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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3296 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3296

 To extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to 
 protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the 
      title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 21 (legislative day, July 17), 2008

Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Specter) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
 To extend the authority of the United States Supreme Court Police to 
 protect court officials off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the 
      title of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice.

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

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT POLICE AND COUNSELOR TO THE 
              CHIEF JUSTICE.

    (a) Extension of Authority of the United States Supreme Court 
Police To Protect Court Officials Off the Supreme Court Grounds.--
Section 6121(b)(2) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2013''.
    (b) Counselor to the Chief Justice.--
            (1) Office of federal judicial administration.--Section 
        133(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking ``administrative assistant'' and inserting 
        ``Counselor''.
            (2) Judicial official.--Section 376(a) of title 28, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ``an 
                administrative assistant'' and inserting ``a 
                Counselor''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``an 
                administrative assistant'' and inserting ``a 
                Counselor''.
            (3) Administrative assistant to the chief justice.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 677 of title 28, United 
                States Code, is amended--
                            (i) in the section heading, by striking 
                        ``Administrative Assistant'' and inserting 
                        ``Counselor'';
                            (ii) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) in the first sentence, by 
                                striking ``an Administrative 
                                Assistant'' and inserting ``a 
                                Counselor''; and
                                    (II) in the second and third 
                                sentences, by striking ``Administrative 
                                Assistant'' each place that term 
                                appears and inserting ``Counselor''; 
                                and
                            (iii) in subsections (b) and (c), by 
                        striking ``Administrative Assistant'' each 
                        place that term appears and inserting 
                        ``Counselor''.
                    (B) Table of sections.--The table of sections for 
                chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
                by striking the item relating to section 677 and 
                inserting the following:

``677. Counselor to the Chief Justice.''.
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