28 U.S.C. § 794
Law clerks and secretaries
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 28 U.S.C. § 794, Law clerks and secretaries, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465129
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The judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims may appoint necessary law clerks and secretaries, in such numbers as the Judicial Conference of the United States may approve for district judges, subject to any limitation of the aggregate salaries of such employees which may be imposed by law. A law clerk appointed under this section shall be exempt from the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, unless specifically included by the appointing judge or by local rule of court.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally