28 U.S.C. § 636
Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 636, Jurisdiction, powers, and temporary assignment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465090
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Each United States magistrate judge serving under this chapter shall have within the district in which sessions are held by the court that appointed the magistrate judge, at other places where that court may function, and elsewhere as authorized by law—
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary—
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary—
Upon the commission of any such act—
in any other case or proceeding under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or any other statute, where—
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.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 improve judicial machinery by further defining the jurisdiction of U.S. magistrates, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to provide for the implementation of treaties for the transfer of offenders to or from foreign countries.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Magistrate Act of 1979House: 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
- Federal District Court Organization Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Retirement and Survivors' Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988House: 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
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization ActHouse: 400–4Senate: no recorded tally
- Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of 2005House: 409–0Senate: no recorded tally
- Statutory Time-Periods Technical Amendments Act of 2009House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally