                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                       PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                CHAPTER 229--POSTSENTENCE ADMINISTRATION
 
                         SUBCHAPTER A--PROBATION
 
Sec. 3602. Appointment of probation officers

    (a) Appointment.--A district court of the United States shall 
appoint qualified persons to serve, with or without compensation, as 
probation officers within the jurisdiction and under the direction of 
the court making the appointment. The court may, for cause, remove a 
probation officer appointed to serve with compensation, and may, in its 
discretion, remove a probation officer appointed to serve without 
compensation.
    (b) Record of Appointment.--The order of appointment shall be 
entered on the records of the court, a copy of the order shall be 
delivered to the officer appointed, and a copy shall be sent to the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
    (c) Chief Probation Officer.--If the court appoints more than one 
probation officer, one may be designated by the court as chief probation 
officer and shall direct the work of all probation officers serving in 
the judicial district.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 212(a)(2), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2001.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses 
committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) 
of Pub. L. 98-473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.
