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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 355. Action by Judicial Conference
(a) In General. - Upon referral or certification of any matter
under section 354(b), the Judicial Conference, after consideration
of the prior proceedings and such additional investigation as it
considers appropriate, shall by majority vote take such action, as
described in section 354(a)(1)(C) and (2), as it considers
appropriate.
(b) If Impeachment Warranted. -
(1) In general. - If the Judicial Conference concurs in the
determination of the judicial council, or makes its own
determination, that consideration of impeachment may be
warranted, it shall so certify and transmit the determination and
the record of proceedings to the House of Representatives for
whatever action the House of Representatives considers to be
necessary. Upon receipt of the determination and record of
proceedings in the House of Representatives, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives shall make available to the public the
determination and any reasons for the determination.
(2) In case of felony conviction. - If a judge has been
convicted of a felony under State or Federal law and has
exhausted all means of obtaining direct review of the conviction,
or the time for seeking further direct review of the conviction
has passed and no such review has been sought, the Judicial
Conference may, by majority vote and without referral or
certification under section 354(b), transmit to the House of
Representatives a determination that consideration of impeachment
may be warranted, together with appropriate court records, for
whatever action the House of Representatives considers to be
necessary.
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