HR 1752 · 106th Congress · Law

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000

Introduced 1999-05-11· Sponsored by Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2000-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1999 - Title I: Federal Courts Study Committee Recommendations - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that a party shall be deemed to consent to the findings of fact and conclusions of law submitted by a bankruptcy judge unless the party files a timely objection (and if a timely objection is not filed, the proposed findings and conclusions submitted by the bankruptcy judge shall become final and such judge shall enter an appropriate order thereon). Title II: Judicial Financial Administration - Provides for the annual transfer of specified sums, subject to specified limitations, from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to the judiciary into the special Treasury fund available to offset funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of the U.S. courts for expenses incurred in: (1) adjudication of civil and criminal forfeiture proceedings; (2) representation of offenders whose assets have been seized in such proceedings; and (3) supervision by U.S. probation officers of offenders under home detention or other forms of confinement outside of Bureau of Prisons' facilities. (Sec…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1752, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1999

Aug 31, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 27, 1999

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Cosponsors (1)

1 Democrat