An Act to provide improved judicial machinery for the selection of Federal juries, and for other purposes
PL 90-274 (S.989), enacted 03/27/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-274-MAR. 27, 1968 
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Public Law 90-273 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Calling on the Boy Scouts of America to serve the youth of this Nation as 
required by their congressional charter. 
March 26, 1968 
[S. J. Res. 138) 
Whereas the Boy Scouts of America has acted under a congressional 
charter since 1916, serving over forty million boys with a program 
that develops physical fitness, character, and citizenship; and 
Whereas the Boy Scouts of America has achieved significant results in 
preventing and reducing juvenile delinquency; and 
Whereas the Boy Scouts of America has extended its program to dis-
advantaged boys in the deprived areas of urban and rural areas of 
our Nation; and 
Whereas there is an increasing need for training boys to become respon-
sible citizens in accord with the ideals and principles of the Scout 
oath and law; and 
Whereas the Boy Scouts of America gives strong support to the home, 
the religious institution, the school and communities in the training, 
education, and development of youth; and 
Whereas the Congress is called upon to assist and promote programs 
of promise in these critical areas : Therefore be it 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress of the 
United States calls on the Boy Scouts of America further to advance 
its service to the youth of this Nation as required by their congressional 
charter to the end that more boys in every segment of our society will 
be involved in its program and future generations of Americans will be 
better prepared with the skill and confidence to master the changing 
demands of America's future and prepared to give leadership to it. 
Approved March 26, 1968 . 
Public Law 90-27 4 
Boy Scouts of 
America. 
AN ACT 
March 27, 1968 
'.ro provide improved judicial machinery for the selection of Federal juries, and 
[S. 989 ) 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may 
Jduri s~iec~on 
be cited as the "Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968". 
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SEc. 101. The caption, analysis, and sections 1861 through 1869 of 
chapter 121 of title 28, United States Code, are amended to read as 
62 stat. 95 1. 
follows: 
"Chapter 121.-JURIES; TRIAL BY JURY 
"See. 
"1861. Declaration of policy. 
''1862. Discrimination prohibited. 
"1863. Plan for random jury selection. 
"1864. Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; completion of juror quali-
fication form. 
"1865. Qualiflca:tJions for jury service. 
"1866. Selection and summoning of jury panels. 
"1867. Challenging compliance with selection procedures. 
"1868. Maintenance and inspection of records. 
"1869. Definitions. 
''1870. Challenges. 
"1871. Fees. 
"1872. Issues of fact in Supreme Court. 
"1873. Admiralty and maritime cases. 
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4. Actions on bonds and specialties. 
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Jury selection 
process, reporL 
Plan provisions . 
Compensation. 
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"§ 1861. Declaration of policy 
"It is the policy of the United States that all litigants in Federal 
courts entitled to trial by jury shall have the right to grand and petit 
juries selected at random from a fair cross section of th~ community in 
the district or division wherein the court conrnnes. It is further the 
policy of the United States that all citizens shall have the opportunity 
to be considered for service on grand and petit juries in the district 
courts of the Unired States, and shall have an obligation to serve as 
jurors when summoned for that purpose. 
"§ 1862. Discrimination prohibited 
"No citizen shall be excluded from service as a grand or petit juror 
in the district courts of the United States on account of race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin, or economic status. 
"§ 1863. Plan for random jury selection 
" (a) Each United States district court shall devise and place into 
operation a written plan for random selection of grand and petit 
jurors that shall be designed to achieve the objectives of sections 1861 
and 1862 of this title, and that shall otherwise comply with the provi-
sions of this title. The plan shall be placed into operation after 
approval by a reviewing panel consistmg of the members of the 
judicial council of the circuit and either the chief judge of the district 
whose plan is being reviewed or such other active district judge of that 
district as the chief judge of the district may designate. The panel shall 
examine the plan to ascertain that it complies with the provisions of 
this title. If the reviewing panel finds that the plan does not comply, 
the panel shall state the particulars in which the plan fails to comply 
and direct the district court to present within a reasonable time an 
alternative plan remedying the defect or defects. Separate plans may 
be adopted for each division or combination of divisions within a 
judicial district. The district court may modify a plan at any time and 
it shall modify the plan when so directed by the reviewing panel. The 
district court shall promptly notify the panel, the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts, and the Attorney General of the 
United States, of the initial adoption and future modifications of the 
plan by filing COJ?ies therewith. Modifications of the plan made at the 
mstance of the district court shall become effective after approval by 
the panel. Each district court shall submit a report on the ju:ry selec-
t.ion process within its jurisdiction to the Administrative Office of 
t.he United States Courts in such form and at such times as the Judicial 
Conference of the United States may specify. The Judicial Con-
ference of the United States may, from time to time, adopt rules and 
regulations governing the provisions and the operation of the plans 
:formulated under this title. 
"(b) Among other things, such plan shall-
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1) either establish a jury commission, or authorize the clerk 
of the court, to manage the jury selection process. If the plan 
establishes a jury commission, the district court shall appoint one 
citizen to serve with the clerk of the court as the jury commission: 
Provided, however, That the plan for the District of Columbia 
may establish a jury commission consisting of three citizens. The 
citizen jury commissioner shall not belong to the same political 
party as the clerk serving with him. The clerk or the jury com-
mission, as the case may be, shall act under the supervision and 
control of the chief judge of the district court or such other judge 
of the district court as the plan may provide. Each jury commis-
sioner shall, during his tenure in office, reside in the judicial dis-
trict or division for which he is appointed. Each citizen jury 
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commissioner shall receive compensation to be fixed by the district 
court plan at a rate not to exceed $50 fer day for each day neces-
sarily employed in the performance o his duties, plus reimburse-
ment for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred 
by him in the performance of such duties. The Judicial Conference 
of the United States may establish standards for allowance of 
travel? s1:1bsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by jury 
commiss10ners. 
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"(2) specify whether the names of prospective jurors shall be 
Jury selection 
selected from the voter registration lists or the lists of actual sources. 
voters of the political subdivisions within the district or division. 
The plan shall prescribe some other source or sources of names in 
addition to voter lists where necessary to foster the policy and 
protect the rights secured by sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. 
The plan for the District of Columbia may require the names 
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than from voter lists. The plans for the districts of Puerto Rico zone. 
and the Canal Zone may prescribe some other source or sources of 
names of prospective jurors in lieu of voter lists, the use of which 
shall be consistent with the policies declared and rights secured by 
sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. 
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3) specify detailed procedures to be followed by the jury 
Name selection 
commission or clerk in selecting names from the sources specified procedures. 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection. These procedures shall be 
designed to ensure the random selection of a fair cross section of 
the persons residing in the community in the district or division 
wherein the court convenes. They shall ensure that names of 
persons residing in each of the counties, parishes, or similar politi-
cal subdivisions within the judicial district or division are placed 
in a master jury wheel; and shall ensure that each county, _parish, 
or similar political subdivision within the district or division is 
substantially proportionally represented in the master jury wheel 
for that judicial district, division, or combination of divisions. 
For the purposes of determining proportional representation in 
the master jury wheel, either the number of actual voters at the 
last general election in each county, parish, or similar political 
subdivision, or the number of registered voters if registration of 
voters is uniformly required throughout the district or division, 
be used. 
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4) provide for a master jury wheel ( 
or a device similar in w~:~~er jury 
purpose and function) into which the names of those randomly 
selected shall be placed. The plan shall fix a minimum number of 
names to be placed initially in the master jury wheel, which shall 
be at least one-half of 1 per centum of the total number of persons 
on the lists used as a source of names for the district or division; 
but if this number of names is believed to be cumbersome and 
unnecessary, the plan may fix a smaller number of names to be 
placed in the master wheel, but in no event less than one thousand. 
The chief judge of the district court, or such other district court 
judge as the plan may provide, may order additional names to be 
placed in the master jury wheel from time to time as necessary. 
The plan shall provide for periodic emptying and refilling of the 
master jury wheel at specified times. 
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5) specify those groups of persons or occupational classes e:p~~~s;r~;;s~x-
whose members shall, on individual request therefor, be excused 
from jury service. Such groups or classes shall be ~xcused o?-ly if 
the district court finds, and the plan states, that Jury servwe by 
such class or group would entail undue hardship or extreme incon-
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Names dis-
closure. 
Plan transmittal. 
Effective date. 
Voter registra-
tion lists and 
records, availa-
bility. 
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venience to the members thereof, and excuse of members thereof 
would not be inconsistent with sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. 
"(6) specify those groups of persons or occupational classes 
whose members shall be barred from jury service on the ground 
that they are exempt. Such groups or classes shall be exempt only 
if the district court finds, and the plan states, that their exemption 
is in the public interest and would not be inconsistent with sections 
1861 and 1862 of this title. The plan shall provide for exemption 
of the following persons : ( 
i) members in active service in the 
Armed Forces of the United States; (ii) members of the fire 
or police departments of any State, district, territory, possession, 
or subdivision thereof; (iii) public officers in the executive, legis-
lative, or judicial branches of the Government of the United 
States, or any State, district, territory, or possession or subdivision 
thereof, who are actively engaged in the performance of official 
duties. 
"(7) fix the distance, either in miles or in travel time, from each 
place of holding court beyond which prospective jurors residing 
shall, on individual request therefor, be excused from jury service 
on the ground of undue hardship in traveling to the place where 
court is held. 
"(8) fix the time when the names drawn from the qualified jury 
wheel shall be disclosed to parties and to the public. If the plan 
permits these names to be made public, it may nevertheless permit 
the chief judge of the district court, or such other district court 
judge as the plan may provide, to keep these names confidential 
m any case where the interests of justice so require. 
"(9) specify the procedures to be followed by the clerk or jury 
commission in assigning persons whose names have been drawn 
from the qualified jury wheel to grand and petit jury panels. 
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c) The imtial plan shall be devised by each district court and 
transmitted to the reviewing panel specified in subsection (a) of this 
section within one hundred and twenty days of the date of enactment 
of the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968. The panel shall approve 
or direct the modification of each plan so submitted within sixty day~ 
thereaft~r. Each plan or modification made at the direction of the 
panel sha11 become effective after approval at such time thereafter 
as the panel directs, in no event to exceed ninety days from the date 
of approval. Modifications made at the instance of the district court 
under subsection (a) of this section shall be effective at such time 
thereafter as the panel directs, in no event to exceed ninety days from 
the date of modification. 
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d) State, local, and Federal officials having custody, possession, 
or control of voter registration lists, lists of actual voters, or other 
appropriat~ r~cords shall make.such li_sts 'and record~ available to ~he 
jury comm1ss10n or clerks for mspect10n, reproduction, and copymg 
at all reasonable times as the commission or clerk may deem necessary 
and proper for the performance of duties under this title. The district 
courts shall have jurisdiction upon application by the Attorney Gen-
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eral of the _United States to compel compliance with this subsect10n 
by appropriate process. 
"§ 1864. Drawing of names from the master jury wheel; comple-
tion of juror qualification form 
" (a) From time to time as directed by the district court, the clerk or 
a district judge shall publicly d:raw at random from the master jury 
wheel the names of as many persons as may be required for jury service. 
The clerk or jury commission shall prepare an alphabetical list of the 
names drawn, which list shall not be disclosed to any person except 
pursuant to the district court plan and to sections 1867 and 1868 0,f 
this title. The clerk or jury commission shall mail to every person 
,vhose name is drawn from the master wheel a juror qualification form 
accompanied by instructions to fill out and return t'he form, duly signed 
and sworn, to the clerk or jury commission by mail within ten days. If 
the person is unable to fill out the form, another shall do it for him, 
and shall indicate that he has done so and the reason therefor. In any 
case in which it appears that there is an omission, ambiguity, or error 
in a form, the clerk or jury commission shall return the form with 
instructions to the person to make such additions or corrections as may 
be necessary and to return the form to the clerk or jury commission 
within ten days. Any person who fails to return a completed juror 
qualification form as instructed may be summoned by the clerk or jury 
commission forthwith to appear before the clerk or jury commission to 
fill out a juror qualification form. A person summoned to appear 
because of failure to return a juror qualification form as instructed who 
personally appears and executes a juror qualification form before the 
clerk or jury commission may, at the discretion of the district court, 
except where his prior failure to execute and mail such form was 
willful, be entitled to receive for such appearance the same fees aud 
travel allowances paid to jurors under section 1871 of this title. At the 
time of his appearance for jury service, any person may be required 
to fill out another juror qualification form in the presence of the jury 
commission or the clerk or the court, at which time, in such cases as it 
appears warranted, the person may be questioned, but only with regard 
to his responses to questions contained on the form. Any information 
thus acquired by the clerk or jury commission may be noted on the 
juror qualification form and transmitted to the chief judge or ~uch 
district court judge as the plan may provide. 
"(b) Any person summoned pursuant to subsection (a) of this sec-
tion who fails to appear as directed shall be ordered by the district 
court forthwith to appear and show cause for his failure to comply 
with the summons. Any person who fails to appear pursuant to such 
order or who fails to show good cause for noncompliance with the 
summons may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 
three days, or both. Any person who willfully misrepresents a material 
fact on a juror qualification form for the purpose of avoiding or secur-
ing service as a juror may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned 
not more than three days, or both. 
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conditions. 
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"§ 1865. Qualifications for jury service 
" (a) The chief judge of the district court, or such other district 
court judge as the plan may provide, on his initiatirn or upon recom-
mendation of the clerk or jury commission, shall determine solely on 
the basis of information provided on the juror qualification form and 
other competent eYidence whether a person is unqualified for, or 
exempt, or to be excused from jury service. The clerk shall enter such 
determination in the space provided on the juror qualification form and 
the alphabetical list of names drawn from the master jury wheel. If 
a person did not appear in response to a summons, such fact shall be 
noted on said list. 
"(b) In making such determination the chief judge of the district 
court, or such other district court judge as the plan may provide, shall 
deem any person qualified to serve on grand and petit juries in the 
district court unless he---
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1) is not a citizen of the United States twenty-one years old 
who has resided for a period of one year within the judicial 
district; 
"(2) is unable to read, write, and understand the English 
Janguage with n, degree of proficiency sufficient to fill out satis-
factorily the juror qualificat10n form; 
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3) 1s unable to speak the English language; 
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4) is incapable, by reason of mental or physical infirmity, to 
render satisfactory jury service; or 
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5) has a charge pending against him for the commission of, 
or has been c01wicted in a State or Federal court of record of, a 
crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year and his 
civil rights have not been restored by pardon or amnesty. 
"§ 1866. Selection and summoning of jury panels 
" (a) The jury commission, or in the absence thereof the clerk, shall 
maintain a qualified jury wheel and shall place in such wheel names 
of all persons drawn from the master jury wheel who aire determined 
to be qualified as jurors and not exempt or excused pursuant to the 
district court plan. From time to time, the jurv commission or the 
clerk shall publicly draw at random from the qualified jury wheel such 
number of nam.es of persons as may be required for assignment to 
grand and petit jury panels. The jury commission or the clerk shall 
prepare a separate list of names of persons assigned to each grand and 
petit jury panel. 
"(b) ·when the court orders a grand or petit jury to be dra" n the 
clerk or jury commission shall issue summonses for the required num-
ber of jurors and deliver them to the marshal for service. 
"Each person drawn for jury service may be served personally or by 
registered or certified mail addressed to such person at his usual resi-
dence or business address. 
"Such service shall be made by the marshal who shall attach to his 
return the addressee's receiP.t for the registered or certified summons 
where service is made by mail. 
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c) Except as provided in section 1865 of this title or in any jury 
selection plan provision adopted pursuant to paragraph ( 
5), ( 
6), or 
(7) of section 1863 (b) of this title, no person or class of persons shall 
be disqualified, excluded, excused, or exempt from service as jurors: 
Provided, That any person summoned for jury service may be (1) 
excused by the court, upon a showing of undue hardship or extreme 
inconvenience, for such period as the court deems necessary, at the con-
clusion of which such person shall be summoned again for jury service 
under subsections ( 
b) and ( 
c) of this section, or ( 
2) excluded by the 
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court on the ground that such person may be unable to render impartial 
jury service or that his service as a juror would be likely to disrupt the 
proceedings, or ( 
3) excluded upon peremptory challenge as provided 
by law, or (4) excluded pursuant to the procedure specified by law 
upon a challenge by any party for good cause shown, or ( 
5) excluded 
upon determination by the court that his service as a juror would be 
likely to threaten the secrecy of the proceedings, or otherwise adversely 
affect the integrity of jury deliberations. No person shall be excluded 
under clause ( 
5) of this subsection unless the judge, in open court, 
determines that such is warranted and that exclus10n of the person 
will not be inconsistent with sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. The 
number of persons excluded under clause ( 
5) of this subsection shall 
not exceed one per centum of the number of l>ersons who return 
executed jury qualification forms during the period, specified in the 
plan, between two consecutive fillings of the master jury wheel. The 
names of r.ersons excluded under clause ( 
5) of this subsection, to~ether 
with detailed explanations for the exclusions, shall be forwarded imme-
diately to the judicial council of the circuit, which shall have the power 
to make any appropriate order, prosfective or retroactive, to redress 
any misapplication of clause ( 
5) o this subsection, but otherwise 
exclusions effectuated under such clause shall not be subject to chal-
lenge under the provisions of this title. Any person excluded from a 
particular jury under clause ( 
2), ( 
3), or ( 
4) of this subsection shall be 
eligible to sit on another jury if the basis for his initial exclusion 
would not be relevant to his ability to serve on such other jury. 
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d) Whenever a person is disqualified, excused, exempt, or 
excluded from jury service, the jury commission or clerk shall note in 
the space provided on his juror qualification form or on the juror's card 
drawn from the qualified jury wheel the specific reason therefor. 
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e) In any two-year period, no person shall be required to ( 
1) serve 
or attend court for prospective service as a petit juror for a total of 
more than thirty days, except when necessary to complete service in a 
particular case, or (2) serve on more than one grand jury, or (3) serve 
as both a grand and petit juror. 
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f) When there is an unanticipated shortage of available petit 
jurors drawn from the qualified jury wheel, the court may require the 
marshal to summon a sufficient number of petit jurors selected at ran-
dom from the voter registration lists, lists of actual voters, or other 
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ists specified in the plan, in a manner ordered by the court consistent 
with sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. 
"(g) Any person summoned for jury service who fails to appear 
as directed shall be ordered by the district court to appear forthwith 
and show cause for his failure to comply with the summons. Any 
Penalty· 
person who fails to show good cause for noncompliance with a sum-
mons may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than 
three days, or both. 
"§ 1867. Challenging compliance with selection procedures 
" (a) In criminal cases, before the voir dire examination begins, or 
within seven days after the defendant discovered or could have dis-
covered, by the exercise of diligence, the grounds therefor, whichever 
is earlier, the defendant may move to dismiss the indictment or stay 
the proceedings against him on the ground of substantial failure to 
comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the grand or petit 
jury. 
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"(b) In crimma cases, be ore t e v01r ire exammahon egms, or 
within seven days after the Attorney General of the United States 
discovered or could have discovered, by the exercise of diligence, the 
grounds therefor, whichever is earlier, the Attorney General may move 
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to dismiss the indictment or stay the proceedings on the ground of 
8ubstantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in 
selecting the grand or petit jury. 
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c) In civil cases, before the voir dire examination begins, or within 
seven days after the party discovered or could have discovered, by 
the exercise of diligence, the grounds therefor, whichever is earlier, 
any :{)arty may move to stay the proceedings on the ground of sub-
stantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting 
the petit jury. 
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d) Upon motion file<l under subsection (a), (b), or ( 
c) of this 
section, containing a sworn statement of facts which, if true, would 
constitute a substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this 
title, the moving party shall be entitled to present in support of such 
motion the testimony of the jury commission or clerk, if available, any 
relevant records and papers not public or otherwise available used by 
the jury commissioner or clerk, and any other relevant evidence. If 
the 
court determines that there has been a substantial failure to comply 
with the provisions o:f this title in selecting the grand jury, the court 
shall stay the proceedings pending the selection of a grand jury in 
conformity with this title or dismiss the indictment, whichever is 
appropriate. If 
the court determines that there has been a substantial 
failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the 
petit jury, the court shall stay the proceedings pending the selection 
of a petit jury in conformity with this title. 
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e) The procedures prescribed by this section shall be the exclusive 
means by which a person accused of a Federal crime, the Attorney 
General of the United States or a party in a civil case may challenge 
any jury on the ground that such jury was not selected in conformity 
with the provisions of this title. Nothing in this section ~hall preclude 
any person or the United States from pursuing any other remedy, civil 
or criminal, which may be available for the vindication or enforcement 
of any law prohibitmg discrimination on account of race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin or economic status in the selection of 
persons for service on grand or petit juries. 
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f) The contents of records or papers used by the jury oommission 
or clerk in connection with the jury selection process shall not be dis-
closed, except pursuant to the district court plan or as may be uece.s-
sary in the preparation or I?resentation of a motion under subsection 
(a), (b), or ( 
c) of tJhis section, until after the master jury wheel has 
been emptied and refilled pursuant to section 1863(b) (4) of this title 
and all persons selected to serve as jurors before the master wheel was 
emptied have completed such service. The parties in a, case shall be 
allowed to inspect, reproduce, and copy such records or papers at all 
reasonable times during the preparation and pendency of Ruch a 
motion. Any person who discloses the contents of any record or paper 
in violation of this subsection may be fined not more than $1,000 or 
imprisoned not more than one year, or both. 
"§ 1868. Maintenance and inspection of records 
"After the master jury wheel is emptied and refilled pursuant to 
section 1863 (b) ( 
4) of this title, and after all persons selected to serve 
as jurors before the master wheel was emptied have completed such 
service, all records and papers compiled and maintained by the jury 
commission or clerk before the master wheel was emptied shall be pre-
served in the custody of the clerk for four years or for such longer 
period as may be ordered by a oourt, and shall be available, for public 
inspection for the purpose of determining the validity of the selection 
of any jury. 
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"§ 1869. Definitions 
"For purposes of this chapter-
" (a) 'clerk' and 'clerk of the court' shall mean the clerk of the 
district court of the United States or any authorized deputy 
clerk; 
"(b) 'chief judge' shall mean the chief judge of any district 
court of the United States; 
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c) 'voter registration lists' shall mean the official records 
maintained by State or local election officials of persons registered 
to vote in either the most recent State or the most recent Federal 
general election, or, in the case of a State or political subdivision 
thereof that does not require registration as a prerequisite to vot-
ing, other official lists of persons qualified to vote in such election. 
The term shall also include the list of eligible voters maintained 
by any Federal examiner pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 
1965 where the names on such list have not been included on the 
official registration lists or other official lists maintained by the 
appropriate State or local officials. With respect to the districts 
of Guam and the Virgin Islands, 'voter registration lists' shall 
mean the official records maintained by territorial election officials 
of persons registered to vote in the most recent territorial general 
election; 
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d) 'lists of actual voters' shall mean the official lists of per-
sons actually voting in either the most recent State or the most 
recent Federal general election; 
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e) 'di 
vision' shall mean : ( 
1) one or more statutory di 
visions 
of a judicial district; or (2) m statutory divisions that contain 
more than one place of holding court, or in judicial districts where 
there are no statutory divisions, such counties, parishes, or similar 
political subdivisions surrounding the places where court is held 
as the district court plan shall determine : Provided, That each 
county, parish, or similar political subdivision shall be included 
in some such division; 
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f) 'district court of the United States', 'district court', and 
'court' shall mean courts constituted under chapter 5 of title 28, 
United States Code, section 22 of the Organic Act of Guam, as 
amended (64 Stat. 389; 48 U.S.C.1424), section 21 of the Revised 
Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (68 Stat. 506; 48 U.S.C. 1611), 
and section 1 of title 3, Canal Zone Code: Provided, That for 
purposes of sections 1861, 1862, 1866 ( 
c) and ( 
d), and 1867 of this 
chapter, these terms shall include the District of Columbia Court 
of General Sessions and the Juvenile Court of the District of 
Columbia; 
"(g) 'jury wheel' shall include any device or system similar in 
purpose or function, such as a properly programed electronic data 
processing system or device; 
"(h) 'juror qualification form' shall mean a form prescribed 
by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and 
approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States, which 
shall elicit the name, address, age, education, length of residence 
within the judicial district, distance from residence to place of 
holding court, prior jury service, and citizenship of a potential 
juror, and whether he should be excused or exempted from jury 
service, has any physical or mental infirmity impairing his capac-
ity to serve as juror, is able to read, write, speak and understand 
the English language, has pending against him any charge for the 
commission of a State or Federal criminal offense punishable by 
imprisonment for more than one year, or has been convicted in 
79 Stat. 437. 
42 use 1973 
note. 
62 Stat. 872. 
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28 USC 81-144. 
76A Stat. 51. 
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79 Stat. 645. 
70 Stat. 798. 
77 Stat. 517, 
sos. 
65 Stat. 126. 
77 Stat. 507. 
PUBLIC LAW 90-274-MAR. 27, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
any State or Federal court of reGord of a crime punishable by 
imprisonment for more than one year and has not had his civil 
rights restored by pardon or amnesty. The form shall request, but 
not require, the race and occupation of a potential juror and any 
other matter not inconsistent ,vith the provisions of this title and 
required by the district court plan in the interests of the sound 
administration of justice. The form also shall elicit the sworn 
statement that his responses are true to the best of his knowledge. 
Notarization shall not be required. The form shall contain words 
clearly informing the person that the furnishing of any informa-
tion with respect to his race, color, religion, national origin, eco-
nomic status, or occupation is not a prerequisite to his qualification 
for jury service, and that such information need not be furnished 
if the person finds it objectionable to do so; 
" ( 
i) 'public officer' shall mean a person who is either elected to 
public office or who is directly appointed by a person elected to 
public office." 
FEES 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 1871 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by substituting "$20" for "$10" and "$25" for "$14" in the 
second paragraph, "$16" for "$10" in the third paragraph, and "$20" 
for "$10" in the fourth paragraph, and by substituting in the third 
paragraph "10 cents per mile, plus the amount expended for tolls, for 
toll roads, for toll tunnels, and for toll bridges" for "10 cents per mile" 
in the two instances such language occurs, and by adding at the end of 
that section a new paragraph as follows: 
"Grand and pebt jurors in the district courts for the districts of 
Guam and the Canal Zone shall receive the same fees and allowances 
provided in this section for grand and petit jurors in other district 
courts of the United States." 
(b) Section 1821 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
substituting "$20" for "$4", "10 cents" for "8 cents", and "$16" for 
"$8", and by adding at the end of that section a new paragrapli' as 
:follows: 
"Witnesses in the district courts for the districts of Canal ·
zone, 
Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall receive the same fees and allow-
ances provided in this section for witnesses in other district courts of 
the United States." 
Al\-IENDl\IENT AND REPEAL 
SEc. 103. (a) Sections 13-701, 11-2301 through 11-2305 (except 
the last paragraph of section 11-2302), 11-2307 through 11-2312 of 
the District of Columbia Code, and section 2 of the Act entitled "An 
Act to increase the fee of jurors in condemnation proceedings instituted 
by the District of Columbia", approved July 30, 1951 (D.C. Code, sec. 
7-213a), are repealed. 
(b) Section 11-2306 of the District of Columbia Code is amended 
to read as follows: 
"§ 11-2306. Manner of drawing 
" (a) If the United States attorney for the District of Columbia 
certifies in writing to the chief judge of the district court, or, in his 
absence, to the presiding judge, that the exigencies of the public 
service require it, the judge may, in his discretion, order an additional 
grand jury summoned, which shall be drawn at such time as he 
designates. Unless sooner discharged by order of the chief judge, or, 
in his absence, the presiding judge, the additional grand jury shall 
serve until the end of the term in and for which it is drawn. 
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"(b) The jury commission for the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia shall draw from the qualified jury wheel 
from time to time as may be required the names of persons to serve as 
jurors in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and the 
juvenile court of the District of Columbia, and such persons shall be 
assigned to jury panels in the Court of General Sessions and the 
juvenile court as those courts shall direct." 
( 
c) Section 1608 (j) of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of 
law for the District of Columbia~', approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 7-318), is amended by deleting the following: "and five dollars per 
day for each juror for the services of each when actnally employed". 
( 
d) Section 16-1312 oft 
he District of Columbia Code is amended by 
substituting "section 1865 of title 28, Fnited States Code" for "Section 
11-2301, and who, in addition, are owners of real property in the 
District" in subsection (a) (1), and by substituting ":?hapter 121 of 
title 28, United States Code'' for "chapter 23 of title lF in rnbsection 
(c). 
( 
e) Section 16-1357 of the District of Columbia Code is amended by 
striking out the phrase "are real property owners in the District and". 
(f) Section 213 of the Act entitled "An Act to establish a code of Jaw 
for the District of Columbia", approved March 3, 1901 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 22-1414), is amended by inserting the words "or wheel': immedi-
ately following the word "box" ear!h time it appears therei11. 
(g) Section 44 of the Act of March 2, 1917, to provide a civil govern-
ment for Puerto Rico (39 Stat. 966; 48 U.S.C. 867) and sections 471 and 
4 
72 (b) of title 3, sections 452, 453, and 2562 (a) of title 5, and sections 
4093 through 4106 and 4108 through 4117 of title 6, Canal Zone Code, 
are repealed. Subsection (b) of section 2562 of title 5, Canal Zone Code, 
is redesignated as subsection (a) and amended by substituting "$10" 
for "$2" and "section 1821, title 28, United States Code" for "subsec-
tion (a) of this section". Subsections ( 
c) and ( 
d) of section 2562 of 
title 5, Canal Zone Code, are redesignated as subsections (b) and ( 
c) 
thereof. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEc. 104. This Act shall become effective two hundred and seventy 
days after the date of enactment: Provided, That this Act shall not 
apply in any case in which an indictment has been returned or petit 
jury empaneled prior to such effective date. 
Approved March 27, 1968. 
33 Stat. 736. 
77 Stat. 572 . 
41 Stat. 560. 
Repeals. 
76A Stat. 69 , 
308, 373, 516. 
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