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Union Calendar No. 433
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4125
[Report No. 107–700] 
To make improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal 
courts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2002
Mr. COBLE (for himself and Mr. BERMAN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 10, 2002] 
A BILL 
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 Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2002’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows:
Section 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—JUDICIAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS 
Sec. 101. Bankruptcy administrator authority to appoint trustees, examiners, 
and committee of creditors. 
Sec. 102. Change in composition of divisions of Eastern District of Texas. 
Sec. 103. Conditions of probation and supervised release. 
Sec. 104. Reporting of wiretap orders. 
Sec. 105. Clarifying the scope of diversity of citizenship for resident aliens. 
Sec. 106. Authority of district courts regarding jurors. 
Sec. 107. Deletion of automatic excuse from jury service for members of the 
Armed Forces, members of fire and police departments, and pub-
lic officers. 
Sec. 108. Elimination of the public drawing requirements for selection of juror 
wheels. 
Sec. 109. Supplemental attendance fee for petit jurors serving on lengthy trials. 
Sec. 110. Change in composition of divisions in Western District of Tennessee. 
Sec. 111. Place of holding court in the Southern District of Ohio. 
Sec. 112. Place of holding court in the Northern District of New York. 
TITLE II—JUDICIAL PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION, BENEFITS, AND 
PROTECTIONS 
Sec. 201. Disability retirement and cost-of-living adjustments of annuities for ter-
ritorial judges. 
Sec. 202. Federal Judicial Center personnel matters. 
Sec. 203. Annual leave limit for judicial branch executives. 
Sec. 204. Supplemental benefits program. 
Sec. 205. Inclusion of judicial branch personnel in organ donor leave program. 
Sec. 206. Maximum amounts of compensation for attorneys. 
Sec. 207. Maximum amounts of compensation for services other than counsel. 
Sec. 208. Protection against malicious recording of fictitious liens against Fed-
eral judges. 
Sec. 209. Appointing authority for circuit librarians. 
TITLE III—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Monitoring of communications of officers and employees of judicial 
branch.
TITLE I—JUDICIAL PROCESS 
IMPROVEMENTS 
SEC. 101. BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO 
APPOINT TRUSTEES, EXAMINERS, AND COM-
MITTEE OF CREDITORS. 
(a) APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES.—Until the amend-
ments made by subtitle A of title II of the Bankruptcy 
Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer Bank-
ruptcy Act of 1986 (28 U.S.C. 581 note; Public Law 99–
554; 100 Stat. 3123) become effective in a judicial district 
and apply to a case, a bankruptcy administrator appointed 
to serve in the district pursuant to section 302(d)(3)(I) of 
that Act, as amended by section 317(a) of the Federal 
Courts Study Committee Implementation Act of 1990 (Pub-
lic Law 101–650; 104 Stat 5115), shall appoint the trustees, 
examiners, and standing trustees subject to the provisions 
set forth in sections 701, 1104, 1202, and 1302 of title 11, 
United States Code. 
(b) STANDING TRUSTEES.—The Director of the Ad-
ministrative Office of the United States Courts, in consulta-
tion with the bankruptcy administrator referred to in sub-
section (a), shall fix the maximum annual compensation 
and percentage fee for the standing trustees appointed 
under subsection (a) notwithstanding the references in those
sections of title 11, United States Code, to the court’s au-
thority to fix them. 
(c) SERVICE AS TRUSTEE.—A bankruptcy adminis-
trator may serve as and perform the duties of a trustee in 
a case under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, if 
none of the members of the panel of private trustees is disin-
terested and willing to serve as trustee in the case. A bank-
ruptcy administrator may serve as and perform the duties 
of a trustee or standing trustee in cases under chapter 12 
or chapter 13 of title 11, United States Code, if necessary. 
(d) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
COMMITTEES.—Until 
the 
amendments made by subtitle A of title II of the Bank-
ruptcy Judges, United States Trustees, and Family Farmer 
Bankruptcy Act of 1986 become effective in a judicial dis-
trict and apply to a case, the bankruptcy administrator ap-
pointed to serve in the district shall appoint the committees 
of creditors and equity security holders provided in section 
1102 of title 11, United States Code. On request of a party 
in interest, the court may order the appointment of addi-
tional committees of creditors or of equity security holders 
if necessary to assure adequate representation of creditors 
or equity security holders. The bankruptcy administrator 
shall appoint any such committee. On request of a party 
in interest in a case in which the debtor is a small business
and for cause, the court may order that a committee of 
creditors not be appointed. 
SEC. 102. CHANGE IN COMPOSITION OF DIVISIONS OF EAST-
ERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 124(c) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Denton, and Grayson’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, 
Hopkins, and Lamar’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and Plano’’ after ‘‘held at 
Sherman’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraphs (5) through (7) as paragraphs (4) 
through (6), respectively; and 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘Red River,’’ after ‘‘Franklin,’’. 
(b) TEXARKANA.—Sections 83(b)(1) and 124(c)(5) (as 
redesignated by subsection (a) of this section) of title 28, 
United States Code, are each amended by inserting after 
‘‘held at Texarkana’’ the following: ‘‘, and may be held any-
where within the Federal courthouse in Texarkana that is 
located astride the State line between Texas and Arkansas’’. 
(c) 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 Eastern District of Texas 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, impaneled, or actually serv-
ing in the Eastern Judicial District of Texas on the 
effective date of this section. 
SEC. 103. CONDITIONS OF PROBATION AND SUPERVISED 
RELEASE. 
(a) CONDITIONS OF PROBATION.—Section 3563(a)(2) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘(b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(13),’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(2) or 
(b)(12)’’. 
(b) SUPERVISED RELEASE AFTER IMPRISONMENT.—
Section 3583(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 3563(b)(1)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘appropriate.’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3563(b) and
any other condition it considers to be appropriate, except 
that a condition set forth in subsection 3563(b)(10) shall 
be imposed only for a violation of a condition of supervised 
release in accordance with subsection (e)(2) of this section 
and only when facilities are available.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3563(b)(10) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘or supervised release’’ after ‘‘probation’’. 
SEC. 104. REPORTING OF WIRETAP ORDERS. 
Paragraph (1) of section 2519 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking all that precedes ‘‘(a)’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) In January of each year, any judge who has 
issued an order (or extension thereof) under section 2518 
which expired during the preceding year or who has denied 
approval of an interception during that year, shall report 
to the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts—’’. 
SEC. 105. CLARIFYING THE SCOPE OF DIVERSITY OF CITI-
ZENSHIP FOR RESIDENT ALIENS. 
Section 1332(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The district courts shall not have original jurisdic-
tion under paragraph (2) or (3) where the matter in con-
troversy is between a citizen of a State and a citizen or
subject of a foreign state admitted to the United States for 
permanent residence and domiciled in the same State.’’. 
SEC. 106. AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT COURTS REGARDING 
JURORS. 
Section 1866(g) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended in the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
SEC. 107. DELETION OF AUTOMATIC EXCUSE FROM JURY 
SERVICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES, MEMBERS OF FIRE AND POLICE DE-
PARTMENTS, AND PUBLIC OFFICERS. 
(a) REMOVAL
OF EXEMPTION.—Section 1863(b) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graph (6) and redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 
paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 1865(a) 
of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘, or exempt,’’. 
(2) Section 1866 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by 
striking ‘‘exempt or’’; 
(B) in the first sentence of subsection (c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or (6)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘excused, or exempt’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or excused’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘exempt,’’. 
(3) Section 1869 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (h), by 
striking ‘‘or exempted’’; and 
(B) by repealing subsection (i). 
(c) DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTION FROM SERVICE.—(1) 
Section 982 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘§ 982. Members: service on Federal, State, and local 
juries’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘State or’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral, State, or’’. 
(2) The item relating to section 982 in the table of 
sections for chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘982. Members: service on Federal, State, and local juries.’’.
SEC. 108. ELIMINATION OF THE PUBLIC DRAWING REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR SELECTION OF JUROR WHEELS. 
(a) DRAWING OF NAMES FROM JURY WHEEL.—Sec-
tion 1864(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘publicly’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The clerk or jury commission 
shall post a general notice for public review in the 
clerk’s office explaining the process by which names 
are periodically and randomly drawn.’’. 
(b) SELECTION AND SUMMONING OF JURY PANELS.—
Section 1866(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘pub-
licly’’; and 
(2) by inserting after the second sentence the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The clerk or jury commission 
shall post a general notice for public review in the 
clerk’s office explaining the process by which names 
are periodically and randomly drawn.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1869(k) of 
title 28, United States Code, is repealed. 
SEC. 109. SUPPLEMENTAL ATTENDANCE FEE FOR PETIT JU-
RORS SERVING ON LENGTHY TRIALS. 
Section 1871(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘thirty’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘five’’.
SEC. 110. 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)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘Dyer,’’ after ‘‘Decatur,’’; 
and 
(B) in the last sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 
Dyersburg’’ after ‘‘Jackson’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Dyer,’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘and 
Dyersburg’’. 
(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, impaneled, or actually serv-
ing in the Western Judicial District of Tennessee on 
the effective date of this section. 
SEC. 111. PLACE OF HOLDING COURT IN THE SOUTHERN 
DISTRICT OF OHIO. 
Section 115(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and Steubenville’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
Steubenville, and St. Clairsville’’. 
SEC. 112. PLACE OF HOLDING COURT IN THE NORTHERN 
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. 
Section 112(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘and Watertown’’ and inserting ‘‘Wa-
tertown, and Plattsburgh’’. 
TITLE II—JUDICIAL PERSONNEL 
ADMINISTRATION, BENEFITS, 
AND PROTECTIONS 
SEC. 201. DISABILITY RETIREMENT AND COST-OF-LIVING 
ADJUSTMENTS OF ANNUITIES FOR TERRI-
TORIAL JUDGES. 
Section 373 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) by amending subsection (c)(4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) Any senior judge performing judicial duties pur-
suant to recall under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall
be paid, while performing such duties, the same compensa-
tion (in lieu of the annuity payable under this section) and 
the same allowances for travel and other expenses as a judge 
on active duty with the court being served.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e)(1) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the 
District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Dis-
trict Court of the Virgin Islands who is not reappointed 
(as judge of such court) shall be entitled, upon attaining 
the age of sixty-five years or upon relinquishing office if 
the judge is then beyond the age of sixty-five years—
‘‘(A) if the judicial service of such judge, contin-
uous or otherwise, aggregates fifteen years or more, to 
receive during the remainder of such judge’s life an 
annuity equal to the salary received when the judge 
left office; or 
‘‘(B) if such judicial service, continuous or other-
wise, aggregated less than fifteen years, to receive dur-
ing the remainder of such judge’s life an annuity 
equal to that proportion of such salary which the ag-
gregate number of such judge’s years of service bears 
to fifteen. 
‘‘(2) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the Dis-
trict Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District
Court of the Virgin Islands who has served at least five 
years, continuously or otherwise, and who retires or is re-
moved upon the sole ground of mental or physical dis-
ability, shall be entitled to receive during the remainder of 
such judge’s life an annuity equal to 40 percent of the sal-
ary received when the judge left office or, in the case of a 
judge who has served at least ten years, continuously or oth-
erwise, an annuity equal to that proportion of such salary 
which the aggregate number of such judge’s years of judicial 
service bears to fifteen.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) Any retired judge who is entitled to receive an 
annuity under this section shall be entitled to a cost-of-liv-
ing adjustment in the amount computed as specified in sec-
tion 8340(b) of title 5, except that in no case may the annu-
ity payable to such retired judge, as increased under this 
subsection, exceed the salary of a judge in regular active 
service with the court on which the retired judge served be-
fore retiring.’’. 
SEC. 202. FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER PERSONNEL MAT-
TERS. 
Section 625 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘, United States Code,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘pay rates, section 5316, 
title 5, United States Code’’ and inserting 
‘‘under section 5316 of title 5, except that the Di-
rector may fix the compensation of 4 positions of 
the Center at a level not to exceed the annual 
rate of pay in effect for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the Civil Service’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘Code’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 shall be ad-
justed pursuant to the provisions of section 8344 
of such title, and the salary of a reemployed an-
nuitant under chapter 84 of title 5 shall be ad-
justed pursuant to the provisions of section 8468 
of such title’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, United 
States Code,’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, section 5332, title 5, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘under sec-
tion 5332 of title 5’’.
SEC. 203. ANNUAL LEAVE LIMIT FOR JUDICIAL BRANCH EX-
ECUTIVES. 
Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) the Judicial Branch designated as a court 
unit executive position by the Judicial Conference of 
the United States or designated as an executive posi-
tion in the Federal Judicial Center by the Board of 
the Federal Judicial Center.’’. 
SEC. 204. SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM. 
Section 604(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (24) 
as paragraphs (7) through (25), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) In the Director’s discretion, establish a pro-
gram of benefits, in addition to those otherwise pro-
vided by law, for officers and employees of the judi-
cial branch, including justices and judges of the 
United States;’’.
SEC. 205. INCLUSION OF JUDICIAL BRANCH PERSONNEL IN 
ORGAN DONOR LEAVE PROGRAM. 
Section 6327(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or an entity of the judicial branch’’ 
after ‘‘An employee in or under an Executive agency’’. 
SEC. 206. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION FOR AT-
TORNEYS. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of section 3006A of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘5,200’’ and inserting ‘‘7,000’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘1,500’’ and inserting ‘‘2,000’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘3,700’’ and inserting ‘‘5,000’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘1,200’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘1,500’’; and 
(5) by striking ‘‘3,900’’ and inserting ‘‘5,000’’. 
SEC. 207. MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION FOR 
SERVICES OTHER THAN COUNSEL. 
Subsection (e) of section 3006A of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$300’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$300’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,600’’.
SEC. 208. PROTECTION AGAINST MALICIOUS RECORDING 
OF FICTITIOUS LIENS AGAINST FEDERAL 
JUDGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 73 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following: 
‘‘§ 1521. Retaliating against a Federal judge by false 
claim or slander of title 
‘‘(a) Whoever files or attempts to file, in any public 
record or in any private record which is generally available 
to the public, any lien, encumbrance, civil claim, or other 
document against a Federal Judge or against the real or 
personal property of a Federal Judge, knowing or having 
reason to know that such claim, lien, encumbrance, or docu-
ment is false or contains any materially false, fictitious, 
or fraudulent statement or representation, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years, 
or both. In the case of an offense under this subsection which 
was committed after the defendant had previously been con-
victed of an earlier offense under this subsection, the defend-
ant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not 
more than ten years, or both. 
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘Federal Judge’ 
means a justice or judge of the United States as defined 
in section 451 of title 28, a judge of the United States Court 
of Federal Claims, a United States bankruptcy judge, a
United States magistrate judge, and a judge of the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Tax 
Court (including any special trial judge appointed under 
section 7443A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), Dis-
trict Court of Guam, District Court of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, or District Court of the Virgin Islands.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 73 of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘1521. Retaliating against a Federal judge by false claim or slander of title.’’.
SEC. 209. APPOINTING AUTHORITY FOR CIRCUIT LIBRAR-
IANS. 
Section 713 of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘Each court of appeals’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The judicial council of each cir-
cuit’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the court’’ and inserting 
‘‘the judicial council’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘court’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘judicial council’’.
TITLE III—ADDITIONAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. MONITORING OF COMMUNICATIONS OF OFFICERS 
AND EMPLOYEES OF JUDICIAL BRANCH. 
Section 604 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Judicial Conference should take such steps 
as it deems necessary and appropriate to safeguard the pri-
vacy of officers and employees of the judicial branch by en-
suring that—
‘‘(A) the Director does not intercept electronic 
communications of any such officer or employee (in-
cluding any electronic communication consisting of 
an electronic mail message or a transfer of informa-
tion by means of the World Wide Web or the Internet) 
between or among computers, or hire or enter into a 
contract with another entity to monitor or intercept 
such communications, except pursuant to—
‘‘(i) a law enforcement investigation; 
‘‘(ii) prior authorization by the Judicial 
Conference or its Executive Committee; or 
‘‘(iii) a policy adopted by the Judicial Con-
ference setting forth the procedures under which 
the interception of such communications may be 
authorized; and
‘‘(B) any information obtained pursuant to 
interception of communications authorized under sub-
paragraph (A) is used solely for the purposes for 
which the interception is authorized. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘electronic communication’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2510 of title 18; 
‘‘(B) the terms ‘by means of the World Wide 
Web’ and ‘Internet’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 231(e) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘computer’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1030(e) of title 18.’’.
Union Calendar No. 433
107TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4125
[Report No. 107–700] 
A BILL 
To make improvements in the operation and admin-
istration of the Federal courts, and for other 
purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed