§ 297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1988

   Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act

   Pub. L. 100–702 title X § 1022(1) · 102 Stat. 4642

   Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 297

   Added Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1022(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4672

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1022(1), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 4672

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) adding at the end thereof the following: “§ 297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states “(a) The Chief Justice or the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may assign any circuit or district judge of the Ninth Circuit, with the consent of the judge so assigned, to serve temporarily as a judge of any duly constituted court of the freely associated compact states whenever an official duly authorized by the laws of the respective compact state requests such assignment and such assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the respective court. “(b) The Congress consents to the acceptance and retention by any judge so authorized of reimbursement from the countries referred to in subsection (a) of all necessary travel expenses, including transportation, and of subsistence, or of a reasonable per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence. The judge shall report to the Administrative Reports. Office of the United States Courts any amount received pursuant to this subsection.”; and

2. 2012

   Insular Areas Act of 2011

   Pub. L. 112–149 § 3 · 126 Stat. 1144

   Substituted · 28 U.S.C. § 297(a)

   Pub. L. 112–149 substituted “circuit, district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a court” for “circuit or district judge”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–149 substituted “circuit, district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a court” for “circuit or district judge”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO COURTS OF THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.   Section 297(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “circuit or district judge” and inserting “circuit, district, magistrate, or territorial judge of a court”.

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