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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-518 Section 307]
[CITE: 28USC175]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
            CHAPTER 7--UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
 
Sec. 175. Official duty station; residence

    (a) The official duty station of each judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims is the District of Columbia.
    (b) After appointment and while in active service, each judge shall 
reside within fifty miles of the District of Columbia.
    (c) Retired judges of the Court of Federal Claims are not subject to 
restrictions as to residence. The place where a retired judge maintains 
the actual abode in which such judge customarily lives shall be deemed 
to be the judge's official duty station for the purposes of section 456 
of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 89-425, Sec. 2, May 11, 1966, 80 Stat. 140; amended Pub. 
L. 97-164, title I, Sec. 105(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 27; Pub. L. 102-
572, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(1), Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4516; Pub. L. 
106-518, title III, Sec. 307, Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2419.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 175, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 898, 
required three judges of the Court of Claims to constitute a quorum and 
the concurrence of three judges for any decision, prior to repeal by 
section 2 of Pub. L. 89-425.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-518 added subsec. (c).
    1992--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-572 substituted ``United States Court 
of Federal Claims'' for ``United States Claims Court''.
    1982--Pub. L. 97-164 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions relating to the official duty station and residence of Claims 
Court judges for provisions relating to assignment of judges, divisions, 
hearings, quorums and decisions. See section 174 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-572 effective Oct. 29, 1992, see section 
911 of Pub. L. 102-572, set out as a note under section 171 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-164 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 402 
of Pub. L. 97-164, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.
