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 PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 751 Pretrial Services Agency and the District of Columbia Public Defender Service may instead elect, either generally or in relation to particular cases or classes of cases, to hire necessary staff and personnel or enter into contracts for the provision of litigation services at such agency's expense. (B) ATTORNEY GENERAL.— (i) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), with respect to any litigation involving the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency, the Attorney General may— (I) direct the litigation of the agency, and of the District of Columbia on behalf of the agency; and (II) provide on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis litigation services for the agency at the agency's request or on the Attorney General's own initiative. (ii) APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT. — With respect to any litigation involving the District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency, the agency may not agree to any settlement involving any form of equitable relief without the approval of the Attorney Genered. The Notices, agency shall provide to the Attorney General such Reports, notice and reports concerning litigation as the Attorney General may direct. (iii) DISCRETION.— Any decision to exercise any authority of the Attorney General under this paragraph shall be in the sole discretion of the Attorney General and shall not be reviewable in any court. SEC. 11234. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated through the State Justice Institute in each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the following: (1) District of Columbia Pretrial Services Agency. (2) District of Columbia Public Defender Service. (3) Supervision of offenders on probation, parole, or supervised release for offenses under the District of Columbia Code. (4) Operation of the parole system for offenders convicted of offenses under the District of Columbia Code. (5) Operation of the Trusteeship described in section 11232. CHAPTER 4—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS Subchapter A—Transfer of Administration and Financing of Courts to Federal Government SEC. 11241. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) AUTHORIZATIONS. — There are authorized to be appropriated through the State Justice Institute in each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for the following: (1) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia. (2) The District of Columbia Court of Appeals. (3) The District of Columbia Court System. (b) SUBMISSION TO OMB.—The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia shall include in its

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