of the Senate or House of Representatives,’’ after
‘‘Congress,’’;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘who has served at least fif-
teen years and’’ and inserting ‘‘who has at least
fifteen years of service and has’’;
(B) in the first undesignated paragraph, by
striking ‘‘who has served at least ten years,’’ and
inserting ‘‘who has at least ten years of service,’’;
and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘served at least fifteen
years,’’ and inserting ‘‘at least fifteen years of
service,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘served less than fifteen
years,’’ and inserting ‘‘less than fifteen years of
service,’’.
SEC. 305. JUDGES’ FIREARMS TRAINING.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following new section:
‘‘§ 464. Carrying of firearms by judicial officers
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—A judicial officer of the United
States is authorized to carry a firearm, whether concealed
or not, under regulations promulgated by the Judicial Con-
ference of the United States. The authority granted by this
section shall extend only to—
‘‘(1) those States in which the carrying of fire-
arms by judicial officers of the State is permitted by
State law, and
‘‘(2) regardless of State law, to any place where
the judicial officer of the United States sits, resides,
or is present on official travel status.
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—The regulations promul-
gated by the Judicial Conference under subsection (a)
shall—
‘‘(A) require a demonstration of a judicial
officer’s proficiency in the use and safety of fire-
arms as a prerequisite to the carrying of fire-
arms under the authority of this section; and
‘‘(B) ensure that the carrying of a firearm
by a judicial officer under the protection of the
United States Marshals Service while away from
United States courthouses is consistent with the
policy of the Marshals Service on the carrying of
firearms by persons receiving such protection.
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE BY OTHER AGENCIES.—At the
request of the Judicial Conference, the Department of
Justice and appropriate law enforcement components
of the Department shall assist the Judicial Conference
in developing and providing training to assist judi-
cial officers in securing the proficiency referred to in
subsection (b)(1).
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term, ‘judicial officer of the United States’ means—
‘‘(1) a justice or judge of the United States as de-
fined in section 451 in regular active service or re-
tired from regular active service;
‘‘(2) a justice or judge of the United States who
has retired from the judicial office under section
371(a) for—
‘‘(A) a 1-year period following such justice’s
or judge’s retirement; or
‘‘(B) a longer period of time if approved by
the Judicial Conference of the United States
when exceptional circumstances warrant;
‘‘(3) a United States bankruptcy judge;
‘‘(4) a full-time or part-time United States mag-
istrate judge;
‘‘(5) a judge of the United States Court of Fed-
eral Claims;
‘‘(6) a judge of the United States District Court
of Guam;
‘‘(7) a judge of the United States District Court
for the Northern Mariana Islands;
‘‘(8) a judge of the United States District Court
of the Virgin Islands; or
‘‘(9) an individual who is retired from one of the
judicial positions described under paragraphs (3)
through (8) to the extent provided for in regulations
of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
‘‘(d) 
EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 
section
46303(c)(1) of title 49, nothing in this section authorizes
a judicial officer of the United States to carry a dangerous
weapon on an aircraft or other common carrier.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The
table of sections for chapter 21 of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘464. Carrying of firearms by judicial officers.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect upon the earlier of the promulgation
of regulations by the Judicial Conference under the amend-
ments made by this section or one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 306. EXEMPTION FROM JURY SERVICE.
(a) MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Paragraph
(6) of section 1863(b) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(6) specify that members in active service in the
Armed Forces of the United States are barred from
jury service on the ground that they are exempt.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1869 if title
28, United States Code, is amended by repealing subsection
(i).
SEC. 307. EXPANDED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COVERAGE
FOR JURORS.
Paragraph (2) of section 1877(b) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (C); and
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or (E) traveling to or from
the courthouse pursuant to a jury summons or seques-
tration order, or as otherwise necessitated by order of
the court’’ before the period at the end of clause (D).
SEC. 308. PROPERTY DAMAGE, THEFT, AND LOSS CLAIMS OF
JURORS.
Section 604 of title 28, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) The Director may pay a claim by a person sum-
moned to serve or serving as a grand juror or petit juror
for loss of, or damage to, personal property that occurs inci-
dent to that person’s performance of duties in response to
the summons or at the direction of an officer of the court.
With respect to claims, the Director shall have the authority
‘‘Court for the Houma Division shall be held at
Houma.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) PENDING CASES NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section shall
not affect any action commenced before the effective
date of this section and pending on such date in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Louisiana or in the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana.
(3) JURIES NOT AFFECTED.—This section and
the amendments made by this section shall not affect
the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand
or petit jury summoned, impaneled, or actually serv-
ing on the effective date of this section.
SEC. 312. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE FLORIDA DISTRICT
COURTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate—
(1) 3 additional district judges for the middle
district of Florida; and
(2) 2 additional district judges for the southern
district of Florida.
(b) TEMPORARY JUDGESHIP.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1
additional district judge for the middle district of
Florida.
(2) FIRST VACANCY NOT FILLED.—The first va-
cancy in the office of district judge in the middle dis-
trict of Florida, occurring 7 years or more after the
confirmation date of the judge named to fill a tem-
porary judgeship created by this subsection, shall not
be filled.
(c) TABLES.—In order that the table contained in sec-
tion 133 of title 28, United States Code, reflects the changes
in the total number of permanent district judgeships au-
thorized by subsection (a) of this section, the item relating
to Florida in such table is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Florida:
Northern ....................................................................................................
Middle .......................................................................................................
Southern ....................................................................................................
18’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section, including
such sums as may be necessary to provide appropriate space
and facilities for the judicial positions created by this sec-
tion.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 313. CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF DIVISIONS IN WEST-
ERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 123(c) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘Dyer,’’ after
‘‘Decatur,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Dyer,’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) PENDING CASES NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section shall
not affect any action commenced before the effective
date of this section and pending in the United States
District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
on such date.
(3) JURIES NOT AFFECTED.—This section and
the amendments made by this section shall not affect
the composition, or preclude the service, of any grand
or petit jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serv-
ing in the Western Judicial District of Tennessee on
the effective date of this section.
SEC. 314. PAYMENTS TO MILITARY SURVIVORS BENEFITS
PLAN.
Section 371(e) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ‘‘such retired or retainer pay’’
the following: ‘‘, except such pay as is deductible from the
retired or retainer pay as a result of participation in any
survivor’s benefits plan in connection with the retired
pay,’’.
SEC. 315. CREATION OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS IN THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH.
(a) APPOINTMENT OF DISBURSING AND CERTIFYING
OFFICERS.—Chapter 41 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 613. Disbursing and certifying officers
‘‘(a) DISBURSING OFFICERS.—The Director may des-
ignate in writing officers and employees of the judicial
branch of the Government, including the courts as defined
in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to be disburs-
ing officers in such numbers and locations as the Director
considers necessary. These disbursing officers shall—
‘‘(1) disburse moneys appropriated to the judi-
cial branch and other funds only in strict accordance
with payment requests certified by the Director or in
accordance with subsection (b);
‘‘(2) examine payment requests as necessary to
ascertain whether they are in proper form, certified,
and approved; and
‘‘(3) be held accountable for their actions as pro-
vided by law, except such a disbursing officer shall
not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal,
improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any
false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate for which
a certifying officer is responsible under subsection (b).
‘‘(b) CERTIFYING OFFICERS.—(1) The Director may
designate in writing officers and employees of the judicial
branch of the Government, including the courts as defined
in section 610 other than the Supreme Court, to certify pay-
ment requests payable from appropriations and funds.
These certifying officers shall be responsible and accountable
for—
‘‘(A) the existence and correctness of the facts re-
cited in the certificate or other request for payment
or its supporting papers;
‘‘(B) the legality of the proposed payment under
the appropriation or fund involved; and
‘‘(C) the correctness of the computations of cer-
tified payment requests.
‘‘(2) The liability of a certifying officer shall be en-
forced in the same manner and to the same extent as pro-
vided by law with respect to the enforcement of the liability
of disbursing and other accountable officers. A certifying
officer shall be required to make restitution to the United
States for the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or mislead-
ing certificates made by the certifying officer, as well as
for any payment prohibited by law or which did not rep-
resent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund
involved.
‘‘(c) RIGHTS.—A certifying or disbursing officer—
‘‘(1) has the right to apply for and obtain a deci-
sion by the Comptroller General on any question of
law involved in a payment request presented for
certification; and
‘‘(2) is entitled to relief from liability arising
under this section in accordance with title 31.
‘‘(d) OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.—Nothing in
this section affects the authority of the courts with respect
to moneys deposited with the courts under chapter 129 of
this title.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following item:
‘‘613. Disbursing and certifying officers.’’.
(c) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Paragraph (8) of sub-
section (a) of section 604 of title 28, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(8) Disburse appropriations and other funds for
the maintenance and operation of the courts;’’.
SEC. 316. AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE FEES FOR TECH-
NOLOGY RESOURCES IN THE COURTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 41 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 614. Authority to prescribe fees for technology re-
sources in the courts
‘‘The Judicial Conference is authorized to prescribe
reasonable fees pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930,
and 1932, for collection by the courts for use of information
technology resources provided by the judiciary for remote
access to the courthouse by litigants and the public, and
to facilitate the electronic presentation of cases. Fees under
this section may be collected only to cover the costs of mak-
ing such information technology resources available for the
purposes set forth in this section. Such fees shall not be re-
quired of persons financially unable to pay them. All fees
collected under this section shall be deposited in the Judici-
ary Information Technology Fund and be available to the
Director without fiscal year limitation to be expended on
information technology resources developed or acquired to
advance the purposes set forth in this section.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘614. Authority to prescribe fees for technology resources in the courts.’’.
TITLE IV—CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ACT AMENDMENTS
SEC. 401. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION FOR AT-
TORNEYS.
Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of section 3006A of
title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘3,500’’ and inserting
‘‘5,000’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘1,000’’ and inserting
‘‘1,500’’;
(2) in the second sentence by striking ‘‘2,500’’
and inserting ‘‘3,600’’;
(3) in the third sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘750’’ and inserting
‘‘1,100’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘2,500’’ and inserting
‘‘3,600’’;
(4) inserting after the second sentence the follow-
ing new sentence: ‘‘For representation of a petitioner
in a non-capital habeas corpus proceeding, the com-
pensation for each attorney shall not exceed the
amount applicable to a felony in this paragraph for
representation of a defendant before a United States
magistrate or the district court, or both. For represen-
tation of such petitioner in an appellate court, the
compensation for each attorney shall not exceed the
amount applicable for representation of a defendant
in an appellate court.’’; and
(5) in the last sentence by striking ‘‘750’’ and
inserting ‘‘1,100’’.
SEC. 402. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION FOR
SERVICES OTHER THAN COUNSEL.
Section 3006A(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘300’’
and inserting ‘‘450’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘300’’
and inserting ‘‘450’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3) in the first sentence by
striking ‘‘1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘1,500’’.
SEC. 403. TORT CLAIMS ACT AMENDMENT RELATING TO LI-
ABILITY OF FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDERS.
Section 2671 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed in the second undesignated paragraph—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘includes’’; and
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, and (2) any officer or employee
of a Federal public defender organization, except
when such officer or employee performs professional
services in the course of providing representation
under section 3006A of title 18.’’.