REGISTRATION FEES.

SEC. 604. REGISTRATION FEES. (a) Fees for Court-Sponsored Activities.—Subsection (a) of section 7285 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Court may also impose a registration fee on persons (other than judges of the Court) participating at judicial conferences convened pursuant to section 7286 of this title or in any other court-sponsored activity.”. (b) Use of Fees.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking “for the purposes of (1)” and all that follows through the period and inserting “for the following purposes: “(1) Conducting investigations and proceedings, including employing independent counsel, to pursue disciplinary matters. “(2) Defraying the expenses of— “(A) judicial conferences convened pursuant to section 7286 of this title; and “(B) other activities and programs of the Court that are intended to support and foster communication and relationships between the Court and persons practicing before the Court or the study, understanding, public commemoration, or improvement of veterans law or of the work of the Court.”. (c) Clerical Amendments.—(1) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows: 115 STAT. 1000 “§ 7285. Practice and registration fees”. (2) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 72 is amended to read as follows: “7285. Practice and registration fees.”.