Section was formerly classified to section 704 of Title 2, The Congress.

1990—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–650 inserted at end “Whenever the Judicial Conference refers a name to the Attorney General under this subsection, the Judicial Conference also shall notify the judicial council of the circuit in which the named individual serves of the referral.”

Pub. L. 101–280, § 3(5)(A), substituted “Judicial Conference” for “Chairman of the Judicial Conference”.

Pub. L. 101–280, § 3(1), struck out “of the United States” after “Judicial Conference”.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–280, § 3(1), struck out “of the United States” after “Judicial Conference”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 101–280, § 3(5)(B), substituted closing provisions for former closing provisions which read “shall pay a filing fee of $200 to the miscellaneous receipts of the General Treasury”.

1989—Pub. L. 101–194 amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to failure to file or filing false reports for provisions relating to accessibility of reports. See section 105 of this Appendix.

1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–19 designated existing provisions as par. (2) and added par. (1).

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 Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure.

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–194 effective Jan. 1, 1991, see section 204 of Pub. L. 101–194, set out as a note under section 101 of this Appendix.