Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/97

 PUBLIC LAW 97-164—APR. 2, 1982

96 STAT. 55

"(b) Each court of appeals shall appoint an advisory committee for the study of the rules of practice and internal operating procedures of the court of appeals. The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the court concerning such rules and procedures. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but the Director may pay travel and transportation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 5.". (b) The section analysis of chapter 131 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "2077. Publication of rules; advisory committees.".

TITLE m-JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE PART A—TRANSFER OF CASES TRANSFER TO CURE WANT OF JURISDICTION

SEC. 301. (a) Title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new chapter after chapter 97:

"CHAPTER 99.-GENERAL PROVISIONS

"Sec. "1631. Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction.

28 USC I63i. "Whenever a civil action is filed in a court as defined in section 610 of this title or an appeal, including a petition for review of administrative action, is noticed for or filed with such a court and that court finds that there is a want of jurisdiction, the court shall, if it is in the interest of justice, transfer such action or appeal to any other such court in which the action or appeal could have been brought at the time it was filed or noticed, and the action or appeal shall proceed as if it had been filed in or noticed for the court to which it is transferred on the date upon which it was actually filed in or noticed for the court from which it is transferred.". (b) The chapter analysis of part IV of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "99. General Provisions
 * '§ 1631. Transfer to cure want of jurisdiction

1631". PART B—INTEREST INTEREST ON JUDGMENTS

SEC. 302. (a) Section 1961 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(a)" immediately before "Interest shall" in the first sentence; (2) by striking out "at the rate allowed by State law" in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "at a rate equal to the coupon issue yield equivalent (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) of the average accepted auction price for the last auction of fifty-two week United States Treasury bills settled immediately prior to the date of the judgment. The Director of the Administrative Office of the United

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