G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML AMENDMENT OFFERED BY TO H.R. lll Ml. llllll Strike all that follows after the enacting clause and insert the following: 1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 3 ‘‘Judiciary Reforms, Organization and Operational Mod4 ernization Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘Judiciary ROOM Act of 5 2018’’. 6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7 this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—JUDGESHIPS AND COURT ORGANIZATION Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. 101. 102. 103. 104. District judges for the district courts. Judicial districts of North Carolina. Realignment of the eastern district of Arkansas. Construction project in the James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse. Sec. 105. Federal courthouse in Harrisonburg, Virginia. TITLE II—JUDICIAL OPERATIONS Sec. 201. Code of conduct for Federal judges. Sec. 202. Recusal of Supreme Court justices. Sec. 203. Medical examinations for Federal judges. TITLE III—COURT OPERATIONS Sec. 301. Video recording of court proceedings. Sec. 302. Advisory Committee for Access to Court Broadcasts and Case Information. Sec. 303. PACER. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 2 TITLE I—JUDGESHIPS AND COURT ORGANIZATION 1 2 3 SEC. 101. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 5 and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 6 7 (1) 7 additional district judges for the central district of California; 8 9 (2) 5 additional district judges for the eastern district of California; 10 11 (3) 2 additional district judges for the northern district of California; 12 13 (4) 3 additional district judges for the southern district of California; 14 15 (5) 1 additional district judge for the district of Colorado; 16 17 (6) 1 additional district judge for the district of Delaware; 18 19 (7) 6 additional district judges for the middle district of Florida; 20 21 (8) 1 additional district judge for the northern district of Florida; 22 23 (9) 3 additional district judges for the southern district of Florida; 24 25 (10) 1 additional district judge for the northern district of Georgia; g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 3 1 2 (11) 1 additional district judge for the district of ldaho; 3 4 (12) 1 additional district judge for the southern district of Indiana; 5 6 (13) 1 additional district judge for the district of Minnesota; 7 8 (14) 1 additional district judge for the district of Nevada; 9 10 (15) 3 additional district judges for the district of New Jersey; 11 12 (16) 2 additional district judges for the district of New Mexico; 13 14 (17) 2 additional district judges for the eastern district of New York; 15 16 (18) 1 additional district judge for the southern district of New York; 17 18 (19) 1 additional district judge for the western district of New York; 19 20 (20) 1 additional district judge for the district of Puerto Rico; 21 22 (21) 2 additional district judges for the eastern district of Texas; 23 24 (22) 2 additional district judges for the southern district of Texas; and g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 4 1 (23) 4 additional district judges for the western 2 district of Texas. 3 (b) EXISTING JUDGESHIPS.—As of the date of enact- 4 ment of this Act, the following existing judgeships shall 5 be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States 6 Code, and the incumbents in those offices shall hold the 7 office under such section: 8 (1) The judgeships authorized by section 203(c) 9 of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public 10 Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) for— 11 (A) the district of Kansas; and 12 (B) the eastern district of Missouri. 13 (2) The judgeships authorized by section 312(c) 14 of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appro- 15 priations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273; 16 28 U.S.C. 133 note) for— 17 (A) the district of Arizona; 18 (B) the central district of California; 19 (C) the southern district of Florida; 20 (D) the district of New Mexico; 21 (E) the western district of North Carolina; 22 and 23 (F) the eastern district of Texas. 24 (c) TABLES.—ln order that the table contained in 25 section 133 of title 28, United States Code, will, with re- g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 5 1 spect to each judicial district, reflect the changes in the 2 total number of permanent district judgeships authorized 3 as a result of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, such 4 table is amended to read as follows: Number of Judges ‘‘Districts Alabama: ......................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Middle ..................................................................................... Southern ................................................................................. Alaska ............................................................................................. Arizona ........................................................................................... Arkansas: ........................................................................................ Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... California: ....................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Central .................................................................................... Southern ................................................................................. Colorado .......................................................................................... Connecticut ..................................................................................... Delaware ......................................................................................... District of Columbia ....................................................................... Florida: ........................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Middle ..................................................................................... Southern ................................................................................. Georgia: .......................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Middle ..................................................................................... Southern ................................................................................. Hawaii ............................................................................................ Idaho ............................................................................................... Illinois: .................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Central .................................................................................... Southern ................................................................................. Indiana: .......................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Iowa: ............................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Kansas ............................................................................................ Kentucky: ........................................................................................ Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Eastern and Western .............................................................. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 7 3 3 3 13 5 3 16 11 35 16 8 8 5 15 5 21 21 12 4 3 3 3 22 4 4 5 6 2 3 6 5 4 1 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 6 Number of Judges ‘‘Districts Louisiana: ....................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... Middle ..................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Maine .............................................................................................. Maryland ......................................................................................... Massachusetts ................................................................................. Michigan: ........................................................................................ Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Minnesota ....................................................................................... Mississippi: ..................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Missouri: ......................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Eastern and Western .............................................................. Montana .......................................................................................... Nebraska ......................................................................................... Nevada ............................................................................................ New Hampshire .............................................................................. New Jersey ..................................................................................... New Mexico .................................................................................... New York: ....................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... North Carolina: .............................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Middle ..................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... North Dakota ................................................................................. Ohio: ............................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Oklahoma: ....................................................................................... Northern ................................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Northern, Eastern, and Western ............................................ Oregon ............................................................................................ Pennsylvania: .................................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Middle ..................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Puerto Rico ..................................................................................... Rhode Island ................................................................................... South Carolina ................................................................................ South Dakota ................................................................................. Tennessee: ...................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 12 3 7 3 10 13 15 4 8 3 6 7 5 2 3 3 8 3 20 9 5 29 17 5 4 4 5 2 11 8 3 1 6 1 6 22 6 10 8 3 10 3 5 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 7 Number of Judges ‘‘Districts Middle ..................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Texas: ............................................................................................. Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Utah ................................................................................................ Vermont .......................................................................................... Virginia: .......................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Washington: .................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... West Virginia: ................................................................................. Northern ................................................................................. Southern ................................................................................. Wisconsin: ....................................................................................... Eastern ................................................................................... Western ................................................................................... Wyoming ......................................................................................... 1 (d) DESIGNATION OF 4 5 12 21 10 17 5 2 11 4 4 7 3 5 5 2 3’’. JUDGES.—The chief judge of 2 the eastern district of California shall designate 1 district 3 judge whose official duty station shall be in Bakersfield, 4 California and who shall hold court for such district in 5 Bakersfield, California. 6 SEC. 102. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF NORTH CAROLINA. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 113 of title 28, United 8 States Code, is amended— 9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and Wilson 10 and’’ and inserting ‘‘Wilson, those portions of Hoke, 11 Moore, Scotland, and Richmond counties encom- 12 passing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and 13 Camp Mackall, and’’; and g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 8 1 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 2 following: 3 ‘‘(b) MIDDLE DISTRICT.—The Middle District com- 4 prises the counties of Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chat5 ham, Davidson, Davie, Durham (excluding that portion of 6 Durham County encompassing the Federal Correctional 7 Institution, Butner, North Carolina), Forsyth, Guilford, 8 Hoke (excluding that portion of Hoke County encom9 passing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp 10 Mackall), Lee, Montgomery, Moore (excluding that por11 tion of Moore County encompassing the Fort Bragg Mili12 tary Reservation and Camp Mackall), Orange, Person, 13 Randolph, Richmond (excluding that portion of Richmond 14 County encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reserva15 tion and Camp Mackall), Rockingham, Rowan, Scotland 16 (excluding that portion of Scotland County encompassing 17 the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall), 18 Stanly, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin.’’. 19 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub- 20 section (a) shall not apply to any action commenced or 21 pending in any judicial district of North Carolina prior 22 to the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment 23 of this Act. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 9 1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 406 of the 2 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2006 (28 U.S.C. 461 note) 3 is repealed. 4 SEC. 103. REALIGNMENT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF 5 6 ARKANSAS. Section 83(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 7 amended to read as follows: 8 ‘‘Eastern District 9 ‘‘(a) The Eastern District comprises three divisions. 10 ‘‘(1) The Central Division comprises the coun- 11 ties of Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Dallas, Drew, 12 Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, Perry, 13 Pope Prairie, Pulaski, Saline, Stone, Van Buren, 14 White, and Yell. 15 Court for the Central Division shall be held at Little Rock. 16 ‘‘(2) The Delta Division comprises the counties 17 of Arkansas, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha, Lee, Mon- 18 roe, Phillips, and St. Francis. 19 Court for the Delta Division shall be held at Helena. 20 ‘‘(3) The Northern Division comprises the coun- 21 ties of Clay, Craighead, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Inde- 22 pendence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Mississippi, 23 Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, and Woodruff. 24 Court for the Northern Division shall be held at 25 Jonesboro.’’. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 10 1 SEC. 104. CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE JAMES M. 2 CARTER AND JUDITH N. KEEP U.S. COURT- 3 HOUSE. 4 The James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. 5 Courthouse in San Diego, California shall consist of build6 ing two new district courtrooms and four magistrate judge 7 chambers. Any limitation regarding the Carter-Keep 8 Courthouse contained in previous authorizations should 9 not apply to these additions. 10 SEC. 105. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN HARRISONBURG, VIR- 11 GINIA. 12 The Director of the Administrative Office of the 13 Courts shall maintain a courthouse located in Harrison14 burg, Virginia. TITLE II—JUDICIAL OPERATIONS 15 16 17 SEC. 201. CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FEDERAL JUDGES. 18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 57 of title 28, United 19 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 21 ‘‘§ 964. Code of conduct 22 ‘‘Not later than one year after the date of the enact- 23 ment of the Judiciary ROOM Act of 2018, the Judicial 24 Conference shall issue a code of conduct, which applies 25 to each justice and judge of the United States, except that g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 11 1 the code of conduct may include provisions that are appli2 cable only to certain categories of judges or justices.’’. 3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 4 for chapter 57 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 5 by adding after the item related to section 963 the fol6 lowing: ‘‘964. Code of conduct.’’. 7 SEC. 202. RECUSAL OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 28, United 9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 11 ‘‘§ 7. Recusal 12 ‘‘The clerk of the Supreme Court shall ensure that 13 for any matter for which a justice of the Supreme Court 14 is recused, timely notice of such recusal is made publicly 15 available on the website of the Supreme Court, along with 16 an explanation for such recusal.’’. 17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 18 for chapter 1 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 19 by adding after the item related to section 6 the following: ‘‘7. Recusal.’’. 20 SEC. 203. MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR FEDERAL JUDGES. 21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 21 of title 28, United 22 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 12 1 ‘‘§ 464. Medical examinations for justices and judges 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each justice or judge of the 3 United States shall, at no expense to the judge or justice, 4 undergo a medical examination by a physician— 5 6 ‘‘(1) in the case of a judge or justice who is 70 years of age or younger, every 5 years; 7 ‘‘(2) in the case of a judge or justice who is 8 older than 70 years of age and younger than 81 9 years of age, every 2 years; and 10 ‘‘(3) in the case of a judge or justice who is 81 11 years of age or older, every year. 12 ‘‘(b) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Except as provided in sub- 13 section (c), the results of a medical examination described 14 in subsection (a) shall be confidential. 15 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 16 sion of law, in the case that a physician conducting a med17 ical examination described in subsection (a) identifies a 18 condition that may impact the ability of the judge or jus19 tice to carry out the duties of the judge or justice’s posi20 tion, the physician shall submit such finding to the appro21 priate chief judge or justice. In the case that the condition 22 described in the previous sentence relates to a chief judge, 23 the physician shall submit the finding to the chief judge 24 of the court with appellate jurisdiction over the court on 25 which the judge sits.’’. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 13 1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 2 for chapter 21 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 3 by adding after the item related to section 463 the fol4 lowing: ‘‘464. Medical examinations for justices and judges.’’. TITLE III—COURT OPERATIONS 5 6 SEC. 301. VIDEO RECORDING OF COURT PROCEEDINGS. 7 (a) COURTS OF APPEALS.— 8 9 10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act, is amended further by adding at the end the following: 11 ‘‘§ 51. Internet streaming 12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date de- 13 scribed in subsection (b), the proceedings of each hearing 14 of a court of appeals shall be made available for viewing 15 on the internet through streaming video— 16 17 ‘‘(1) to the extent practicable, in real time during such hearing; and 18 ‘‘(2) for not less than 2 years after the conclu- 19 sion of such hearing. 20 ‘‘(b) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in the 21 subsection is— 22 ‘‘(1) in the case of a court of appeals sitting en 23 banc, one year after the date of the enactment of 24 this section; and g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 14 1 ‘‘(2) in the case of a panel of a court of appeals 2 (other than as described in paragraph (1)), 2 years 3 after the date of the enactment of this section. 4 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under subsection 5 (a) shall not apply in the case that the courtroom is closed 6 to the public. 7 ‘‘(d) PARTNERSHIP PERMITTED.—The chief judge of 8 a circuit may enter into a partnership with a television 9 provider in order to comply with the requirement under 10 subsection (a). 11 ‘‘(e) COPYRIGHT PROTECTION NOT AVAILABLE.— 12 Video created pursuant to the requirement under this sec13 tion shall be considered a work of the United States Gov14 ernment for purposes of section 105 of title 17.’’. 15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- 16 tions for chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, 17 as amended by this Act is further amended by in- 18 serting after the item related to section 50 the fol- 19 lowing: ‘‘51. Internet streaming.’’. 20 (b) SUPREME COURT.— 21 (1) IN 1 of title 28, United 22 States Code, as amended by this Act, is further 23 amended by adding at the end the following: g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 GENERAL.—Chapter 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 15 1 ‘‘§ 8. Internet streaming 2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each oral argument before the 3 Supreme Court shall be made available for listening on 4 the internet through streaming audio— 5 ‘‘(1)(A) on the day of such oral argument, not 6 later than one year after the date of the enactment 7 of this section; and 8 ‘‘(B) in real time during such oral argument, 9 not later than 2 years after the date of the enact- 10 ment of this section; and 11 ‘‘(2) for not less than 2 years after the conclu- 12 sion of such oral argument. 13 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The requirement under sub- 14 section (a) shall not apply in the case that the courtroom 15 is closed to the public. 16 ‘‘(c) COPYRIGHT PROTECTION NOT AVAILABLE.— 17 Video created pursuant to the requirement under this sec18 tion shall be considered a work of the United States Gov19 ernment for purposes of section 105 of title 17.’’. 20 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec- 21 tions for chapter 1 of title 28, United States Code, 22 as amended by this Act, is further amended by in- 23 serting after the item related to section 7 the fol- 24 lowing: ‘‘8. Internet streaming.’’. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 16 1 SEC. 302. ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ACCESS TO COURT 2 BROADCASTS AND CASE INFORMATION. 3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an Advi- 4 sory Committee for Access to Court Broadcasts and Case 5 Information (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Com6 mittee’’), which shall advise the Federal courts on the 7 ways to improve public access to court broadcasts and 8 court information. 9 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the Committee shall 10 be appointed by the Executive Director of the Administra11 tive Office of the Courts. In appointing such members, the 12 Executive Director shall ensure that a wide range of inter13 ested parties are represented, including non-profit groups 14 and individuals who focus on access to public information, 15 news organizations, legal researchers, and commercial en16 tities who commercialize court documents. 17 SEC. 303. PACER. 18 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN OPINIONS.—Each 19 written opinion issued by a Federal court shall be— 20 (1) stored on the Public Access to Court Elec- 21 tronic Records case management system, established 22 pursuant to section 205 of the E-Government Act of 23 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) in a format that is ma- 24 chine-readable and searchable by date; 25 26 (2) citable using a vendor-neutral and mediumneutral citations system; and g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 17 1 (3) made available to the Government Printing 2 Office. 3 (b) ELECTRONIC PUBLIC ACCESS TO EXHIBITS IN 4 FEDERAL CASES.— 5 (1) IN later than 2 years after 6 the date of enactment of this Act, and except as pro- 7 vided in paragraph (2), the Judicial Conference of 8 the United States shall establish a pilot program to 9 ensure that exhibits in Federal cases before 5 Fed- 10 eral courts selected by the Judicial Conference and 11 any additional Federal court that elects to partici- 12 pate are accessible through such online portal as the 13 Judicial Conference may designate for the pilot pro- 14 gram established under this subsection. 15 (2) EXEMPTION 16 CESS.—This 17 lowing exhibits: FROM ELECTRONIC PUBLIC AC- subsection shall not apply to the fol- 18 (A) Exhibits that cannot be digitized. 19 (B) Exhibits concerning matters that are 20 exempt from disclosure under section 552(b) of 21 title 5, United States Code. 22 (C) Exhibits exempt from disclosure under 23 Rule 25(a)(5) of the Federal Rules of Appellate 24 Procedure. g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 GENERAL.—Not 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 18 1 (D) Exhibits exempt from disclosure under 2 Rule 5.2 of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce- 3 dure. 4 (E) Exhibits exempt from disclosure under 5 Rule 49.1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Pro- 6 cedure. 7 (F) Exhibits exempt from disclosure under 8 Rule 9037 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy 9 Procedure. 10 (G) Exhibits that have been sealed by the 11 presiding judge. 12 (H) Exhibits that a presiding judge deter- 13 mines the public disclosure of which would like- 14 ly interfere with a fair trial or otherwise the 15 due administration of justice. 16 (I) Exhibits that are otherwise exempt 17 from public disclosure under any other provi- 18 sion of Federal or State law. 19 (3) APPLICABILITY 20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The determination of 21 the applicability of paragraph (2) to an exhibit 22 shall be made by the presiding judge. With re- 23 spect to the applicability of the exemption de- 24 scribed in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), or 25 (F) of paragraph (2), the presiding judge must g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 OF EXEMPTION.— 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 19 1 determine that it is reasonably foreseeable that 2 the disclosure of the exhibit would harm an in- 3 terest protected by the relevant provision. 4 (B) REDACTED respect 5 to an exhibit exempted from disclosure under 6 paragraph (2)(B), any reasonably segregable 7 portion of the exhibit shall be made available on 8 the online portal established under paragraph 9 (1), in accordance with the procedures de- 10 scribed at the end of section 552(b) of title 5, 11 United States Code. 12 (C) DESCRIPTIVE NOTATION.—With re- 13 spect to an exhibit exempted from disclosure 14 under subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 15 (F), or (I) of paragraph (2), a descriptive nota- 16 tion of the exhibit shall be made available, con- 17 sistent with any requirement under law regard- 18 ing limitation on disclosure, on the online portal 19 established under paragraph (1). 20 (4) RULEMAKING.—The Judicial Conference of 21 the United States may promulgate such regulations 22 as may be necessary to implement this subsection. 23 24 (5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this subsection: g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 EXHIBITS.—With 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 20 1 (A) DIGITIZED.—The term ‘‘digitized’’ 2 means converted into a digital form that can be 3 processed by a computer. 4 (B) EXHIBIT.—The term ‘‘exhibit’’ means 5 a document, record, or other tangible object in- 6 troduced as evidence during a trial, and that, in 7 accordance with the Federal Rules of Evidence, 8 is identified or authenticated, and admitted into 9 the record, and does not include any portion of 10 such document, record, or tangible object that 11 was not so admitted. 12 (C) PRESIDING term ‘‘pre- 13 siding judge’’ means the magistrate or judge 14 presiding over the court proceeding concerned. 15 In proceedings in which more than 1 judge par- 16 ticipates, the presiding judge shall be the senior 17 active judge so participating or, in the case of 18 a circuit court of appeals, the senior active cir- 19 cuit judge so participating, except that in en 20 banc sittings of any United States circuit court 21 of appeals, the presiding judge shall be the 22 chief judge of the circuit whenever the chief 23 judge participates. 24 (6) TERMINATION; g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 JUDGE.—The 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 REPORT.— (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML G:\CMTE\JD\15\CTS\JK_007.XML 21 1 (A) TERMINATION.—This subsection and 2 the pilot program established under this sub- 3 section shall terminate on the date that is 4 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 5 (B) REPORT.—Not later than one year 6 after the termination of the pilot program es- 7 tablished under this subsection, the Federal Ju- 8 dicial Center shall submit to the Judicial Con- 9 ference of the United States, Congress, and any 10 other appropriate Federal agency or office, a 11 report that contains the results of the pilot pro- 12 gram, along with any recommendations for im- 13 proving public electronic access to Federal court 14 exhibits. ◊ g:\VHLC\091018\091018.203.xml September 10, 2018 (5:23 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002 17:23 Sep 10, 2018 Jkt 000000 (705672 3) PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\JK_007.XML