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[CITE: 28USC2077]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                      CHAPTER 131--RULES OF COURTS
 
Sec. 2077. Publication of rules; advisory committees

    (a) The rules for the conduct of the business of each court of 
appeals, including the operating procedures of such court, shall be 
published. Each court of appeals shall print or cause to be printed 
necessary copies of the rules. The Judicial Conference shall prescribe 
the fees for sales of copies under section 1913 of this title, but the 
Judicial Conference may provide for free distribution of copies to 
members of the bar of each court and to other interested persons.
    (b) Each court, except the Supreme Court, that is authorized to 
prescribe rules of the conduct of such court's business under section 
2071 of this title shall appoint an advisory committee for the study of 
the rules of practice and internal operating procedures of such court 
and, in the case of an advisory committee appointed by a court of 
appeals, of the rules of the judicial council of the circuit. The 
advisory committee shall make recommendations to the court concerning 
such rules and procedures. Members of the committee shall serve without 
compensation, but the Director may pay travel and transportation 
expenses in accordance with section 5703 of title 5.

(Added Pub. L. 97-164, title II, Sec. 208(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 54; 
amended Pub. L. 100-702, title IV, Sec. 401(b), Nov. 19, 1988, 102 Stat. 
4650; Pub. L. 101-650, title IV, Sec. 406, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 
5124.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-650 inserted before period at end of 
first sentence ``and, in the case of an advisory committee appointed by 
a court of appeals, of the rules of the judicial council of the 
circuit''.
    1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-702 substituted ``Each court, except 
the Supreme Court, that is authorized to prescribe rules of the conduct 
of such court's business under section 2071 of this title shall 
appoint'' for ``Each court of appeals shall appoint'' and ``such court'' 
for ``the court of appeals''.


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-650 effective 90 days after Dec. 1, 1990, 
see section 407 of Pub. L. 101-650, set out as a note under section 332 
of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-702 effective Dec. 1, 1988, see section 407 
of Pub. L. 100-702, set out as a note under section 2071 of this title.


                             Effective Date

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