IIB 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8124 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 19, 2020 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for trans-
portation and subsistence for criminal justice defendants, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Judicial Ad-
ministration Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE FOR CRIMI-
NAL JUSTICE ACT DEFENDANTS. 
Section 4285 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘when the interests of justice 
would be served thereby and the United States judge 
or magistrate judge is satisfied, after appropriate in-
quiry, that the defendant is financially unable to 
provide the necessary transportation to appear be-
fore the required court on his own’’ and inserting 
‘‘when the United States judge or magistrate judge 
is satisfied that the defendant is indigent based on 
appointment of counsel pursuant to section 3006A, 
or, after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is 
financially unable to provide necessary transpor-
tation on his own’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘to the place where his appear-
ance is required,’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) to the place 
where each appearance is required and (2) to return 
to the place of the person’s arrest or bona fide resi-
dence,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘to his destination,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘which includes money for both lodging and 
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food, during travel to the person’s destination and 
during any proceeding at which the person’s appear-
ance is required’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE USE OF MAGISTRATE JUDGES TO DE-
CIDE POSTJUDGMENT MOTIONS. 
Section 3401 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, judgment,’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 
and rulings on all post-judgment motions’’ after 
‘‘sentencing’’; 
(C) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘trial, judgment,’’; and 
(D) in the third sentence, by inserting ‘‘, 
and rulings on all post-judgment motions’’ after 
‘‘sentencing’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, with the ap-
proval of a judge of the district court,’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(j) A magistrate judge who exercises trial jurisdic-
tion under this section, in either a petty offense case or 
a misdemeanor case in which the defendant has consented 
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to a magistrate judge, may also rule on all post-judgment 
motions in that case, including but not limited to petitions 
for writs of habeas corpus, writs of coram nobis, motions 
to vacate a sentence under section 2255 of title 28, and 
motions related to mental competency under chapter 313 
of this title.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 1, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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