Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/76

 96 STAT. 34

28 USC 715.

PUBLIC LAW 97-164—APR. 2, 1982 tive Office of the United States Courts may approve. The crier may remove such messengers with the approval of the court. The crier shall also perform the duties of bailiff and messenger. "(a) The chief judge of each court of appeals, with the approval of the court, may appoint a senior staff attorney, who shall be subject to removal by the chief judge with the approval of the court. "0)) The senior staff attorney, with the approval of the chief judge, may appoint necessary staff attorneys and secretarial and clerical employees in such numbers as the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may approve, but in no event may the number of staff attorneys exceed the number of positions expressly authorized in an annual appropriation Act. The senior staff attorney may remove such staff attorneys and secretarial and clerical employees with the approval of the chief judge. "(c) The chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, with the approval of the court, may appoint a senior technical assistant who shall be subject to removal by the chief judge with the approval of the court. "(d) The senior technical assistant, with the approval of the court, may appoint necessary technical assistants in such number as the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may approve, but in no event may the number of technical assistants in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit exceed the number of circuit judges in regular active service within such circuit. The senior technical assistant may remove such technical assistants with the approval of the court.". (2) The section analysis of chapter 47, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new items: "714. Criers and messengers. "715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants.". OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES CLAIMS COURT
 * § 715. Staff attorneys and technical assistants

Repeal.

SEC. 121. (a) Section 791 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) The United States Claims Court may appoint a clerk, who shall be subject to removal by the court. The clerk, with the approval of the court, may appoint necessary deputies and employees in such numbers as may be approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Such deputies and employees shall be subject to removal by the clerk with the approval of the court.". (b) Section 792 of title 28, United States Code, and the item relating to section 792 in the section analysis of chapter 51 of such title, are repealed. (c)(1) Section 794 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 794. Law clerks and secretaries "The judges of the United States Claims Court may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries, in such numbers as the Judicial Conference of the United States may approve, subject to any limitation of the aggregate salaries of such employees which may be imposed by law.".

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