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 110 STAT. 1318 PUBLIC LAW 104-132—APR. 24, 1996 tion for Federal office, as evidence to prove United States citizenship. SEC. 903. REPRESENTATION FEES IN CRIMINAL CASES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3006A of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (d)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: "(4) DISCLOSURE OF FEES. —The amounts paid under this subsection, for representation in any case, shall be made available to the public"; and (2) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the following: "(4) DISCLOSURE OF FEES. — The amounts paid under this subsection for services in any case shall be made available to the public". (b) FEES AND EXPENSES AND CAPITAL CASES.— Section 408(q)(10) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 848(q)(10)) is amended to read as follows: "(10)(A) Compensation shall be paid to attorneys appointed under this subsection at a rate of not more than $125 per hour for in-court and out-of-court time. Not less than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the Judicial Conference is authorized to raise the maximum for hourly payment specified in the paragraph up to the aggregate of the overall average percentages of the adjustments in the rates of pay for the General Schedule made pursuant to section 5305 of title 5 on or after such date. After the rates are raised under the preceding sentence, such hourly range may be raised at intervals of not less than one year,/up to the aggregate of the overall average percentages of such adjustments made since the last raise under this paragraph. "(B) Fees and expenses paid for investigative, expert, and other reasonably necessary services authorized under paragraph (9) shall not exceed $7,500 in any case, unless payment in excess of that limit is certified by the court, or by the United States magistrate judge, if the services were rendered in connection with the case disposed of entirely before such magistrate judge, as necessary to provide fair compensation for services of an unusual character or duration, and the amount of the excess payment is approved by the chief judge of the circuit. The chief judge of the circuit may delegate such approval authority to an active circuit judge. "(C) The amounts paid under this paragraph for services in any case shall be disclosed to the public, after the disposition of the petition.". 18 USC 3006A (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section note. apply to— (1) cases commenced on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (2) appellate proceedings, in which an appeal is perfected, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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