CONTEMPT POWER FOR CIRCUIT COUNCILS.

SEC. 403. CONTEMPT POWER FOR CIRCUIT COUNCILS. Section 332(d)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “In the case of failure to comply with an order made under this subsection or a subpoena issued under section 372(c) of this title, a judicial council or a special committee appointed under section 372(c)(4) of this title may institute a contempt proceeding in any district court in which the judicial officer or employee of the circuit who fails to comply with the order made under this subsection shall be ordered to show cause before the court why he or she should not be held in contempt of court.”.