A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to move the place for holding court for the district court of the Eastern district of New York to Brooklyn and Hempstead, and for other purposes.
PL 95-271 (S.2597), enacted 04/28/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-271—APR. 28, 1978 
92 STAT. 221 
Public Law 95-271 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to move the place for holding court for 
the district court of the Eastern District of New York to Brooklyn and 
Hempstead, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representaiives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 
paragraph of section 112 (c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
"Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Brooklyn and 
Hempstead (including the village of Uniondale).". 
SEC. 2. The United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of New York, by order made anywhere within its district, may pre-
termit the regular session of court at Hempstead until Federal quar-
ters and accommodations are available and ready for occupancy, 
except that for the entire period and such pretermission, a special 
session of the court shall be held at Westbury. Pretermission may be 
ordered without regard to the provisions of section 140(a) of title 28, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 142 of title 28, 
United States Code, the Administrator of General Services, at the 
request of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, shall continue to provide existing quarters and accom-
modations at Westbury for the duration of the special session held 
pursuant to section 2 of this Act. Appropriations to the judicial 
branch of Government shall be available to the Director to make 
necessary disbursements for such quarters and accommodations, and 
to pay user charges as required by section 210 of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490), 
at rates otherwise authorized by law. 
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 456 of title 28, 
United States Code, any judge, and any officer or employee of the 
judicial branch, whose official station is, on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act, Westbury, may maintain that official station 
for the duration of the special session held pursuant to section 2 of 
this Act. 
SEC. 5. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts may pay travel and transportation expenses in accord-
ance with subchapter II, chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
to any officer or employee of the judicial branch whose official station 
changes as a consequence of this Act and who relocates his residence 
incident to such change of official station. 
Approved April 28, 1978. 
Apr. 28, 1978 
[S. 2597] 
New York 
District Court 
relocation. 
28 u s e 112 note. 
28 u s e 112 note. 
28 u s e 112 note. 
28 u s e 112 note. 
5 u s e 5721 et 
seq. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-728 (eomm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
Apr. 12, considered and passed Senate. 
Apr. 25, considered and passed House.