§ 621. — Board; composition, tenure of members, compensation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC621]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 42--FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
Sec. 621. Board; composition, tenure of members, compensation
(a) The activities of the Center shall be supervised by a Board to
be composed of--
(1) the Chief Justice of the United States, who shall be the
permanent Chairman of the Board;
(2) two circuit judges, three district judges, one bankruptcy
judge, and one magistrate judge, elected by vote of the members of
the Judicial Conference of the United States, except that any
circuit or district judge so elected may be either a judge in
regular active service or a judge retired from regular active
service under section 371(b) of this title but shall not be a member
of the Judicial Conference of the United States; and
(3) the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts, who shall be a permanent member of the Board.
(b) The term of office of each elected member of the Board shall be
four years. A member elected to serve for an unexpired term arising by
virtue of the death, disability, retirement pursuant to section 371(a)
or section 372(a) of this title, or resignation of a member shall be
elected only for such unexpired term.
(c) No member elected for a four-year term shall be eligible for
reelection to the Board.
(d) Members of the Board shall serve without additional
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(Added Pub. L. 90-219, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 664;
amended Pub. L. 95-598, title II, Secs. 228, 229, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat.
2665; Pub. L. 104-317, title VI, Sec. 601(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat.
3857.)
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 104-317, Sec. 601(b)(1), amended par.
(2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``two
active judges of the courts of appeals of the United States, three
active judges of the district courts of the United States, one active
judge of the bankruptcy courts of the United States elected by vote of
the members of the Judicial Conference of the United States: Provided,
however, That the judges so elected shall not be members of the Judicial
Conference of the United States; and''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-317, Sec. 601(b)(2), substituted
``retirement pursuant to section 371(a) or section 372(a) of this
title,'' for ``retirement,''.
1978--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-598, Sec. 228, inserted reference
to one active judge of the bankruptcy courts of the United States.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-598, Sec. 229, struck out provisions
requiring that section 629 of this title govern the terms of office of
the first members elected to the Board.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95-598 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section
402(c) of Pub. L. 95-598, set out as an Effective Date note preceding
section 101 of Title 11, Bankruptcy.
