STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.

SEC. 205. STUDY BY GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE. (a) In General.— The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the policies, procedures, and methodologies used by the Judicial Conference of the United States in recommending to the Congress the creation of additional Federal judgeships. In conducting such review the Comptroller General shall, at a minimum, determine the extent to which such policies, procedures, and methodologies— 104 STAT. 5104 (1) provide an accurate measure of the workload of existing judges; (2) are applied consistently to the various circuit courts of appeals and district courts; and (3) provide an accurate indicator of the need for additional judgeships. (b) Report to Congress.— The Comptroller General shall, not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, report the results of the review conducted under subsection (a) to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The report shall include such recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for revisions of the policies, procedures, and methodologies used by the Judicial Conference that were reviewed in the report.