U.S. Magistrates Retirement System: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2529 ... July 25, 1986, Volume 4

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Page 101 - Circuit, with endorsements from the Judicial Conference of the United States, and the Administrative Office of the US Courts, are seeking $109,498,000 to complete the annex construction project.
Page 108 - I. of course, shall be happy to answer, to the best of my ability, any questions the committee may have; if not, Adm.
Page 1 - STATEMENT OF HON. MITCH McCONNELL, A US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF KENTUCKY Senator McCoNNELL.
Page 14 - ... district courts. The jurisdiction which a United States magistrate exercises is the jurisdiction of the district court itself, delegated to the magistrate by the judges of the court under statutory procedures. In...
Page 38 - OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS 3 ASSEMBLED, That this Act may be cited as the "District 4 of Columbia Implied Consent Act".
Page 14 - Congress amended the Magistrates Act to authorize a district judge to designate a magistrate to handle virtually any pretrial matter in the district court. The Magistrate Act was again amended in 1979 to authorize magistrates to exercise case-dispositive jurisdiction, including jury trials, over any civil case, upon consent of the parties. The amendments also expanded the authority of magistrates to handle all misdemeanor cases, with or without a jury. Today, a magistrate's duties generally fall...
Page 103 - Herman, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to testify on behalf of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) on the "Mechanical Compulsory License" under section 115 of the Copyright Act.
Page 7 - I will be glad to answer any questions you may have. I appreciate the opportunity to testify before this committee in support of the objectives of S.
Page 17 - That is a much later stage in life than the typical federal career employee. Many of the magistrates come to their positions with little or no prior Government service. Thus, most magistrates do not have the opportunity to accumulate the number of years of service that a career employee gathers. The shorter period of service results in a lesser annuity when they are both included under the same retirement system. 2. Magistrates, and particularly full-time magistrates, come to office after considerable...
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