18 U.S.C. § 3006A
Adequate representation of defendants
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, Adequate representation of defendants, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449694
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Each United States district court, with the approval of the judicial council of the circuit, shall place in operation throughout the district a plan for furnishing representation for any person financially unable to obtain adequate representation in accordance with this section. Representation under each plan shall include counsel and investigative, expert, and other services necessary for adequate representation. Each plan shall provide the following:
Representation shall be provided for any financially eligible person who—
Whenever the United States magistrate judge or the court determines that the interests of justice so require, representation may be provided for any financially eligible person who—
Private attorneys shall be appointed in a substantial proportion of the cases. Each plan may include, in addition to the provisions for private attorneys, either of the following or both:
If a trial is in pre-trial status or still in progress and after considering the defendant’s interests as set forth in subparagraph (D), the court shall—
make public only the amounts approved for payment to defense counsel by dividing those amounts into the following categories:
The interests referred to in subparagraphs (B) and (C) are—
A Community Defender Organization shall be a non-profit defense counsel service established and administered by any group authorized by the plan to provide representation. The organization shall be eligible to furnish attorneys and receive payments under this section if its bylaws are set forth in the plan of the district or districts in which it will serve. Each organization shall submit to the Judicial Conference of the United States an annual report setting forth its activities and financial position and the anticipated caseload and expenses for the next fiscal year. Upon application an organization may, to the extent approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States:
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- District of Columbia Criminal Justice ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Sentencing Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally
- Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998House: 282–110Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005
- Judicial Administration and Technical Amendments Act of 2008House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024House: 350–58Senate: no recorded tally