Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services salaries of judges For salaries of circuit judges; district judges (including judges of the district courts of Alaska, the Virgin Islands, the Panama Canal Zone, and Guam); justices and judges of the Supreme Court and circuit courts of the Territory of Hawaii; and justices and judges retired or resigned under title 28. United States Code, sections 371, 372, and 373; $5,240,000. 67 Stat. 334 salaries of supporting personnel For salaries of all officials and employees of the Federal Judiciary, not otherwise specifically provided for, $12,369,970: Provided, That the compensation of secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district judges shall be fixed by the Director of the Administrative Office without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, except that the salary of a secretary shall conform with that of the General Schedule grades (GS) 4, 5, 6. 7, or 8, as the appointing judge shall determine, and the salary of a law clerk shall conform with that of the General Schedule grades (GS) 5, 7, 9, 11, or 12, as the appointing judge shall determine, subject to review by the judicial council of the circuit if requested by the Director, such determination by the judge otherwise to be final: Provided further, That (exclusive of step-increases corresponding with those provided for by title VII of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and of compensation paid for temporary assistance needed because of an emergency) the aggregate salaries paid to secretaries and law clerks appointed by one judge shall not exceed $10,560 per annum, except in the case of the chief judge of each circuit and the chief judge of each district court having five or more district judges, in which case the aggregate salaries shall not exceed $14,355 per annum. fees of jurors and commissioners For fees, expenses, and costs of jurors (including meals and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 193, title II, of the Act of June 6, 1900, 31 Stat. 362); compensation of jury commissioners; and fees of United States commissioners and other committing magistrates acting under title 18, United States Code, section 3041; $3,675,000. travel and miscellaneous expenses For necessary travel and miscellaneous expenses, not otherwise provided for, incurred by the Judiciary, including the purchase of firearms and ammunition, the cost of contract statistical services for the office of Register of Wills of the District of Columbia and not to exceed $1,000 for the payment of fees to attorneys appointed in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat. 625), not exceeding $25 in any one case, $1,644,400: Provided, That this sum shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $8,500 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of Federal Probation when incurred on the written authorization of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts: Provided further, That none of the funds contained in this paragraph may be paid to any circuit judge as Reimbursement for maintenance expenses incurred at or near the place where a district court is regularly held and at or near which the judge performs a substantial portion of his judicial work, which is nearest the place where he maintains an actual abode in which he customarily lives. administrative office of the united states courts For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, including travel, advertising, rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and examination of estimates of Appropriations in the field, $588,000. salaries of referees For salaries of referees as authorized by the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68), $1,058,750, to be derived from the referees’ salary fund established in pursuance of said Act. 67 Stat. 335 expenses of referees For miscellaneous expenses of referees, United States courts, including the salaries of their clerical assistants, travel, purchase of envelopes without regard to the Act of June 26, 1906 (34 Stat. 476), $1,236,–150, to be derived from the referees’ expense fund established in pursuance of the Act of June 28, 1946, as amended (11 U. S. C. 68 (c) (4)).