PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR OPTIONAL USE OF NEW JURY SELECTION PROCESS.

SEC. 403. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION FOR OPTIONAL USE OF NEW JURY SELECTION PROCESS. (a) Authority To Use One-Step Procedure.— Section 1878 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “§ 1878. Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure “(a) At the option of each district court, jurors may be summoned and qualified in a single procedure, if the court’s jury selection plan so authorizes, in lieu of the two separate procedures otherwise provided for by this chapter. Courts shall ensure that a one-step summoning and qualification procedure conducted under this section does not violate the policies and objectives set forth in sections 1861 and 1862 of this title. “(b) Jury selection conducted under this section shall be subject to challenge under section 1867 of this title for substantial failure to comply with the provisions of this title in selecting the jury. However, no challenge under section 1867 of this title shall he solely on the basis that a jury was selected in accordance with a one-step summoning and qualification procedure authorized by this section.”. (b) Conforming Amendment.— The item relating to section 1878 in the table of sections for chapter 121 is amended to read as follows: “1878. Optional use of a one-step summoning and qualification procedure.”. (c) Savings Provision.— For courts participating in the experiment authorized under section 1878 of title 28, United States Code (as in effect before the effective date of this section), the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall be effective on and after January 1, 1992.