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 114 STAT. 2412 PUBLIC LAW 106-518—NOV. 13, 2000 SEC. 106. BANKRUPTCY FEES. Section 1930(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: "(7) In districts that are not part of a United States trustee region as defined in section 581 of this title, the Judicial Conference of the United States may require the debtor in a case under chapter 11 of title 11 to pay fees equal to those imposed by paragraph (6) of this subsection. Such fees shall be deposited as offsetting receipts to the fund established under section 1931 of this title and shall remain available until expended.". TITLE II-JUDICIAL PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR MAGISTRATE JUDGE POSITIONS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF GUAM AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. Section 631 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking the first two sentences of subsection (a) and inserting the following: "The judges of each United States district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United States magistrate judges in such numbers and to serve at such locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a magistrate judge appointed by the district court of the Virgin Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate judge were a United States district court."; and (2) by inserting in the first sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) after "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the following: "the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,". SEC. 202. MAGISTRATE JUDGE CONTEMPT AUTHORITY. Section 636(e) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: " (e) CONTEMPT AUTHORITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—^A United States magistrate judge serving under this chapter shall have within the territorial jurisdiction prescribed by the appointment of such magistrate judge the power to exercise contempt authority as set forth in this subsection. "(2) SUMMARY CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AUTHORITY. —A magistrate judge shall have the power to punish summarily by fine or imprisonment such contempt of the authority of such magistrate judge constituting misbehavior of any person in the magistrate judge's presence so as to obstruct the administration of justice. The order of contempt shall be issued under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. " (3) ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AUTHORITY IN CIVIL CONSENT AND MISDEMEANOR CASES.— In any case in which a United States magistrate judge presides with the consent of the parties under subsection (c) of this section, and in any misdemeanor case proceeding before a magistrate judge under

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