Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Amendments Title II: Judicial Process Improvements Title III: Judiciary Personnel Administration, Benefits, and Protections Title IV: Judicial Financial Administration Title V: Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations Title VI: Places of Holding Court Title VII: Miscellaneous Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996 - Title I: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Amendments - Amends the Federal criminal code to authorize probation and pretrial services officers, if approved by the court, to carry firearms under such regulations as the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may prescribe. Title II: Judicial Process Improvements - Amends the Federal judicial code to expand the duties of a magistrate on an emergency assignment in a judicial district other than the one for which he or she has been appointed. (Sec. 202) Provides for registration of a judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property entered in any court of appeals or bankruptcy court, as well as any district court, by filing a certified copy of the judgment, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 203) Provides that when…