Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005/Division B/Title III

Salaries and Expenses

 * For expenses necessary for the operation of the Supreme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the building and grounds, including purchase or hire, driving, maintenance, and operation of an automobile for the Chief Justice, not to exceed $10,000 for the purpose of transporting Associate Justices, and hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and representation expenses, and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, $58,122,000.

Care of the Building and Grounds

 * For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties imposed upon the Architect by the Act approved May 7, 1934 (40 U.S.C. 13a-13b), $9,979,000, which shall remain available until expended.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For salaries of the chief judge, judges, and other officers and employees, and for necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $21,780,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For salaries of the chief judge and eight judges, salaries of the officers of the employees of the court, services, and necessary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, $14,888,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For the salaries of circuit and district judges (including judges of the territorial courts of the United States), justices and judges retired from office or from regular active service, judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims, bankruptcy judges, magistrate judges, and all other officers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise specifically provided for, and necessary expenses of the courts, as authorized by law, $4,177,244,000 (including the purchase of firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed $27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings related to new space alteration and construction projects; of which not to exceed $2,800,000 shall be available for a national probation and pretrial services training program; of which $1,300,000 of the funds provided for the Judiciary Information Technology Fund will be for the Edwin L. Nelson Local Initiatives Program, within which $1,000,000 will be reserved for local court grants.


 * In addition, for expenses of the United States Court of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, not to exceed $3,298,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

Defender Services

 * For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to represent persons under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964; the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, expert and other services under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18 U.S.C. 3006A(e)); the compensation (in accordance with Criminal Justice Act maximums) and reimbursement of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in criminal cases where the defendant has waived representation by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of travel expenses of guardians ad litem acting on behalf of financially eligible minor or incompetent offenders in connection with transfers from the United States to foreign countries with which the United States has a treaty for the execution of penal sentences; the compensation of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil actions for the protection of their employment, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d); and for necessary training and general administrative expenses, $676,385,000, to remain available until expended.

Fees of Jurors and Commissioners

 * For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commissioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensation of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases pursuant to rule 71A(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71A(h)), $61,535,000, to remain available until expended:


 * Provided, That the compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.

Court Security

 * For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, incident to providing protective guard services for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, and the procurement, installation, and maintenance of security equipment for United States courthouses and other facilities housing Federal court operations, including building ingress-egress control, inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, perimeter security, basic security services provided by the Department of Homeland Security, and other similar activities as authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100-702), $332,000,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall remain available until expended, to be expended directly or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial Facility Security Program consistent with standards or guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney General.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts as authorized by law, including travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a passenger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $68,200,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Center, as authorized by Public Law 90-219, $21,737,000; of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2006, to provide education and training to Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed $1,500 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

Payment to Judiciary Trust Funds

 * For payment to the Judicial Officers' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 377(o), $32,000,000; to the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 376(c), $2,000,000; and to the United States Court of Federal Claims Judges' Retirement Fund, as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 178(l), $2,700,000.

Salaries and Expenses

 * For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, $13,304,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is authorized for official reception and representation expenses.

SEC. 301.

 * Appropriations and authorizations made in this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

SEC. 302.

 * Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the current fiscal year for the Judiciary in this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation, except "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Defender Services" and "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commissioners", shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:


 * Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

SEC. 303.

 * Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services shall be available for official reception and representation expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States:


 * Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed $11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference.

SEC. 304.

 * (a) Section 3006A(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) by striking "5,200" and inserting "7,000";
 * (2) by striking "1,500" and inserting "2,000";
 * (3) by striking "3,700" and inserting "5,000";
 * (4) by striking "1,200" each place it appears and inserting "1,500"; and
 * (5) by striking "3,900" and inserting "5,000".


 * (b) Section 3006A(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in paragraph (2)—
 * (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "300" and inserting "500"; and
 * (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "300" and inserting "500"; and
 * (2) in paragraph (3) in the first sentence by striking "1,000" and inserting "1,600".

SEC. 305.

 * Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a comprehensive financial plan for the Judiciary allocating all sources of available funds including appropriations, fee collections, and carryover balances, to include a separate and detailed plan for the Judiciary Information Technology fund.

SEC. 306.

 * Pursuant to section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and from funds appropriated in this Act, Justices and judges of the United States are authorized during fiscal year 2005, to receive a salary adjustment in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 461.

SEC. 307.

 * (a) Section 1914(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking "$150" and inserting "$250".


 * (b) Section 1931(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in subsection (a) by striking "$90" and inserting "$190"; and
 * (2) in subsection (b)—
 * (A) by striking "$150" and inserting "$250"; and
 * (B) by striking "$90" and inserting "$190".


 * (c) This section shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 308.

 * For fiscal year 2005 and hereafter, such fees as shall be collected for the processing of violations through the Central Violations Bureau cases as prescribed by the Judicial Conference of the United States shall be deposited to the "Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, Salaries and Expenses" appropriation to be used for salaries and other expenses.

This title may be cited as the "Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2005".