amendments relating to the district of columbia’s share of expenses of the federal courts

amendments relating to the district of columbia’s share of expenses of the federal courts Sec. 173. (a) (1) All outstanding and future obligations of the Commissioner of the District of Columbia with respect to the District of Columbia’s share of the cost of construction, operation, maintenance, and repair of the United States courthouse in the District of Columbia, as required by the Act of May 14, 1948 (62 Stat. 235), are canceled upon the effective date of this title. (2) Beginning on the effective date of this title, the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts shall reimburse to the United States from any funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia courts the amount determined by the Administrator of General Services to be necessary to cover seventy-five per centum of the costs of operation, maintenance, and repair of space used by the United States attorney and the United States marshal for the District of Columbia. 84 Stat. 592 (b) Section 7 of the Act of June 30, 1906 (D.C. Code. sec. 47–204), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 7. (a) (1) Until the day before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall reimburse the United States for 60 per centum of the expenditures made on or before that day for the expenses of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that are described in paragraph (2). During the thirty-month period beginning on such effective date, the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts shall reimburse the United States for expenditures made during that period for such expenses at the following rates of reimbursement: “(A) 40 per centum for the first eighteen months of such period. “(B) 20 per centum for the remainder of such period. “(2) The expenses referred to in paragraph (1) are fees of witnesses, fees of jurors, pay of bailiffs and criers (including salaries of deputy marshals who act as bailiffs or criers), and all other miscellaneous expenses of the United States District Court for the District, of Columbia. “(b) Beginning after the thirty-month period referred to in subsection (a), the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts shall reimburse the United States for the District of Columbia’s share of the cost for jury selection and grand jury expenses, as determined by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Estimates of the District of Columbia’s share of such costs for each fiscal year shall be submitted to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration of the District of Columbia courts for transmission with the annual estimate of the District of Columbia courts under section 11–1743 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code. “(c) Reimbursement made under this section shall be made from funds in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia.” (c) Section 6 of the Act of August 2, 1949 (D.C. Code. sec. 47–213), is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof “, until eighteen months after the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970”. (d) Until the day before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall reimburse the United States for 30 per centum of the expenditures made on or before that day for the expenses of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. During the thirty-month period beginning on such effective date, the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia Courts shall reimburse the United States for expenditures made during that period for such expenses at the following rates of reimbursement: (1) 20 per centum for the first eighteen months of such period. (2) 10 per centum for the remainder of such period. Not withstanding any other provision of law, no reimbursement for such ex [lenses shall be required after the expiration of the thirty-month period beginning on such effective date.