Court reporters must adhere to the requirements set out in the Court Reporter Management Plan. Court reporters are employed by the court en banc. An applicant for appointment, as a court reporter in the United States District Court, shall possess as a minimum requirement at least four years of prime court reporting experience in the free lance field of service or in other courts or a combination thereof, and have qualified by testing on the registry of professional reporters of the National Court Reporters Association or passed an equivalent qualifying examination. Real time court reporting experience preferred. The National Stenomask Verbatim Reporters Association examinations and the Certified Shorthand Reporters examinations required by some state governments may be acceptably equivalent to the National Court Reporters Association testing.
Employment is probationary until the qualification requirements are fulfilled.
However, employees are entitled to similar benefits as other federal workers. These benefits include participation in a retirement system, optional participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, optional life and health insurance elections, and paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. Provides verbatim reporting of congressional proceedings, floor activities, meetings, hearings, mark-ups and caucuses. Responsible for the general understanding of parliamentary procedure in accordance with the Rules of the House. Produce in a timely fashion transcripts to be released to Congressional staff and the general public, while maintaining the highest degree of confidentiality of secret and top secret documents.