§ 462. — Court accommodations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC462]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
CHAPTER 21--GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO COURTS AND JUDGES
Sec. 462. Court accommodations
(a) Sessions of courts of the United States (except the Supreme
Court) shall be held only at places where the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts provides
accommodations, or where suitable accommodations are furnished without
cost to the judicial branch.
(b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts shall provide accommodations, including chambers and courtrooms,
only at places where regular sessions of court are authorized by law to
be held, but only if the judicial council of the appropriate circuit has
approved the accommodations as necessary.
(c) The limitations and restrictions contained in subsection (b) of
this section shall not prevent the Director from furnishing chambers to
circuit judges at places within the circuit other than where regular
sessions of court are authorized by law to be held, when the judicial
council of the circuit approves.
(d) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts shall provide permanent accommodations for the United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and for the United States Court
of Federal Claims only at the District of Columbia. However, each such
court may hold regular and special sessions at other places utilizing
the accommodations which the Director provides to other courts.
(e) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts shall provide accommodations for probation officers, pretrial
service officers, and Federal Public Defender Organizations at such
places as may be approved by the judicial council of the appropriate
circuit.
(f) Upon the request of the Director, the Administrator of General
Services is authorized and directed to provide the accommodations the
Director requests, and to close accommodations which the Director
recommends for closure with the approval of the Judicial Conference of
the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 115(c)(1), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat.
31; amended Pub. L. 100-702, title X, Sec. 1015, Nov. 19, 1988, 102
Stat. 4669; Pub. L. 102-572, title IX, Sec. 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992,
106 Stat. 4516.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court
of Federal Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-702 substituted ``within the circuit
other than where regular sessions of court are authorized by law to be
held,'' for ``where Federal facilities are available''.
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of this
title.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 of Pub. L. 97-164,
set out as an Effective Date of 1982 Amendment note under section 171 of
this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460 of this title.
