§ 624. — Powers 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: 28USC624]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 42--FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER
Sec. 624. Powers of the Board
The Board is authorized--
(1) to appoint and fix the duties of the Director and the Deputy
Director of the Federal Judicial Center, who shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board;
(2) to request from any department, agency, or independent
instrumentality of the Government any information it deems necessary
to the performance of the functions of the Federal Judicial Center
set forth in this chapter, and each such department, agency, or
instrumentality is directed to cooperate with the Board and, to the
extent permitted by law, to furnish such information to the Center
upon request of the Chairman or upon request of the Director when
the Board has delegated this authority to him;
(3) to contract with and compensate government and private
agencies or persons for research projects and other services,
without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended
(41 U.S.C. 5), and to delegate such contract authority to the
Director of the Federal Judicial Center, who is hereby empowered to
exercise such delegated authority.
(Added Pub. L. 90-219, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 20, 1967, 81 Stat. 666;
amended Pub. L. 100-702, title III, Sec. 304(a), Nov. 19, 1988, 102
Stat. 4648.)
Amendments
1988--Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-702 inserted ``and the Deputy Director''
after ``Director''.
