28 U.S.C. § 332
Judicial councils of circuits
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 332, Judicial councils of circuits, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/464893
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The judicial council of each circuit may appoint a circuit executive. In appointing a circuit executive, the judicial council shall take into account experience in administrative and executive positions, familiarity with court procedures, and special training. The circuit executive shall exercise such administrative powers and perform such duties as may be delegated to him by the circuit council. The duties delegated to the circuit executive of each circuit may include but need not be limited to:
All duties delegated to the circuit executive shall be subject to the general supervision of the chief judge of the circuit.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to revise the composition of the judicial councils of the Federal judicial circuits, to establish a procedure for the processing of complaints against Federal judges, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally
- A bill to make certain technical corrections in the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2001
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally