§ 605. — Budget estimates.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC605]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 41--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF UNITED STATES COURTS
Sec. 605. Budget estimates
The Director, under the supervision of the Judicial Conference of
the United States, shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget
annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for
the maintenance and operation of the courts and the Administrative
Office and the operation of the judicial survivors annuity fund, and
such supplemental and deficiency estimates as may be required from time
to time for the same purposes, according to law. The Director shall
cause periodic examinations of the judicial survivors annuity fund to be
made by an actuary, who may be an actuary employed by another department
of the Government temporarily assigned for the purpose, and whose
findings and recommendations shall be transmitted by the Director to the
Judicial Conference.
Such estimates shall be approved, before presentation to the Office
of Management and Budget, by the Judicial Conference of the United
States, except that the estimate with respect to the Court of
International Trade shall be approved by such court and the estimate
with respect to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit shall be approved by such court.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915; July 9, 1956, ch. 517, Sec. 1(e),
70 Stat. 497; Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 944, Sec. 4, 70 Stat. 1026; Pub. L. 87-
253, Sec. 3, Sept. 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 96-417, title V,
Sec. 501(14), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742; Pub. L. 97-164, title I,
Sec. 119(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 33; Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 5(b), Sept.
13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068, 1085.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 447 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch.
231, Sec. 305, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, Sec. 1, 53 Stat. 1223).
This section contains provisions of section 447 of title 28, U.S.C.,
1940 ed., relating to budget estimates. The remainder of said section
447 is incorporated in section 604 of this title.
The designation ``senior circuit judges'' was changed to ``chief
judges of the circuits'' in conformity with section 45 of this title.
Changes were made in phraseology.
Senate Revision Amendment
Those provisions of this section which related to the Tax Court were
eliminated by Senate amendment. See 80th Congress Senate Report No.
1559.
Amendments
1982--Pub. L. 97-258 struck out paragraph which had provided that
budget estimates be included in the budget without revision, but subject
to the recommendations of the Bureau of the Budget, as provided by
section 11 of Title 31 for the estimates of the Supreme Court. See
section 1105(b) of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Pub. L. 97-164 substituted ``Office of Management and Budget'' for
``Bureau of the Budget'' wherever appearing and inserted requirement
that the estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for
the maintenance and operation of the United States Court of Appeals for
the Federal Circuit be approved by such court.
1980--Pub. L. 96-417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of
International Trade.
1961--Pub. L. 87-253 struck out from second paragraph the
requirement that the estimate with respect to the Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals be approved by such court.
1956--Act Aug. 3, 1956, inserted provision to authorize the Director
to include in the budget estimates of the courts the expenditures and
appropriations necessary for the operation of the judicial survivors
annuity fund, and inserted provision that Director shall cause periodic
actuarial examinations to be made of the judicial survivors annuity fund
and shall report the actuary's findings and recommendations to the
Judicial Conference.
Act July 9, 1956, struck out ``and the Court of Claims'' after ``the
Customs Court'' and substituted ``and'' for the comma after ``the Court
of Customs and Patents Appeals'' in second par.
Effective Date of 1982 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable
with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such
date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96-417, set out as a note under
section 251 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 18 section 3006A.
