§ 871. Clerk, chief deputy clerk, assistant clerk, deputies, assistants, and other employees

Statutory text

The Court of International Trade may appoint a clerk, a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk, deputy clerks, and such deputies, assistants, and other employees as may be necessary for the effective dispatch of the business of the court, who shall be subject to removal by the court.

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.

1948
Title 28, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 80–646 · 62 Stat. 869
Enacted · 28 U.S.C. § 871
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925
1959
Pub. L. 86–243 § 1 · 73 Stat. 474
Changed · 28 U.S.C. § 871
Pub. L. 86–243 included chief deputy clerk and assistant clerk in section catchline, transferred the appointing authority from the chief judge to the Customs Court, provided for appointment of a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk and deputy clerks and for power of removal and deleted reference to the civil service laws with respect to appointments
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 86–243 included chief deputy clerk and assistant clerk in section catchline, transferred the appointing authority from the chief judge to the Customs Court, provided for appointment of a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk and deputy clerks and for power of removal and deleted reference to the civil service laws with respect to appointments.
1980
Customs Courts Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–417 title V § 501(17) · 94 Stat. 1727
Redesignated · 28 U.S.C. § 871
Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
(17) Section 871.
Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.

1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on section 6 of title 19, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Customs Duties (May 4, 1923, ch. 251, § 2, 42 Stat. 1453; Jan. 13, 1925, ch. 76, 43 Stat. 748; May 28, 1926, ch. 411, § 1, 44 Stat. 669; June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title IV, §§ 518, 649, 46 Stat. 737, 762).

Section is based on the last two sentences of section 6 of title 19, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which provided for appointment by the Attorney General in conformity with the civil service laws. This and other administrative powers of the Department of Justice with respect to the courts were transferred to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts by section 446 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., which is section 604 of this title. The revised section vests the power of appointment in the chief judge to conform with section 253 of this title and rules 5 and 22 of the Rules of the Customs Court adopted May 29, 1936.

Changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1959–1980 · 2 rounds

1980

Pub. L. 96–417 redesignated the Customs Court as the Court of International Trade.

1959

Pub. L. 86–243 included chief deputy clerk and assistant clerk in section catchline, transferred the appointing authority from the chief judge to the Customs Court, provided for appointment of a chief deputy clerk, an assistant clerk and deputy clerks and for power of removal and deleted reference to the civil service laws with respect to appointments.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–417 effective Nov. 1, 1980, and applicable with respect to civil actions pending on or commenced on or after such date, see section 701(a) of Pub. L. 96–417, set out as a note under section 251 of this title.

Savings Provision

Pub. L. 86–243, § 4, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474, provided that: “Nothing contained in the amendments made by this Act [enacting section 873 and amending this section and sections 253, 550, and 872 of this title] shall be construed to deprive any person serving on the date of enactment of this Act [Sept. 9, 1959] as an officer or employee of the Customs Court of any rights, privileges, or civil service status, if any, to which such person is entitled under the laws of the United States or regulations thereunder.”

Credits

1948–1980 · 3 acts

1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925
1959Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474
1980Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(17), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.

Show as published

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 86–243, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 96–417, title V, § 501(17), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742.)