§ 623. — Duties of the Board.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC623]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 42--FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
Sec. 623. Duties of the Board
(a) In its direction and supervision of the activities of the
Federal Judicial Center, the Board shall--
(1) establish such policies and develop such programs for the
Federal Judicial Center as will further achievement of its purpose
and performance of its functions;
(2) formulate recommendations for improvements in the
administration of the courts of the United States, in the training
of the personnel of those courts, and in the management of their
resources;
(3) submit to the Judicial Conference of the United States, at
least one month in advance of its annual meeting, a report of the
activities of the Center and such recommendations as the Board may
propose for the consideration of the Conference;
(4) present to other government departments agencies, and
instrumentalities whose programs or activities relate to the
administration of justice in the courts of the United States the
recommendations of the Center for the improvement of such programs
or activities;
(5) study and determine ways in which automatic data processing
and systems procedures may be applied to the administration of the
courts of the United States, and include in the annual report
required by paragraph (3) of this subsection details of the results
of the studies and determinations made pursuant to this paragraph;
(6) consider and recommend to both public and private agencies
aspects of the operation of the courts of the United States deemed
worthy of special study; and
(7) conduct, coordinate, and encourage programs relating to the
history of the judicial branch of the United States Government.
(b) The Board shall transmit to Congress and to the Attorney General
of the United States copies of all reports and recommendations submitted
to the Judicial Conference of the United States. The Board shall also
keep the Committees on the Judiciary of the United States Senate and
House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to
the activities of the Center.
(Added Pub. L. 90-219, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 665;
amended Pub. L. 100-702, title III, Sec. 302, Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat.
4648.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 100-702 added par. (7).
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b) of this section relating to requirement that the Board transmit to
Congress copies of all reports and recommendations submitted to the
Judicial Conference of the United States, see section 3003 of Pub. L.
104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31,
Money and Finance, and page 12 of House Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 629 of this title.
