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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1803. Designation of judges
(a) Court to hear applications and grant orders; record of denial;
transmittal to court of review
The Chief Justice of the United States shall publicly designate
11 district court judges from seven of the United States judicial
circuits of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within 20 miles of
the District of Columbia who shall constitute a court which shall
have jurisdiction to hear applications for and grant orders
approving electronic surveillance anywhere within the United States
under the procedures set forth in this chapter, except that no
judge designated under this subsection shall hear the same
application for electronic surveillance under this chapter which
has been denied previously by another judge designated under this
subsection. If any judge so designated denies an application for an
order authorizing electronic surveillance under this chapter, such
judge shall provide immediately for the record a written statement
of each reason of his decision and, on motion of the United States,
the record shall be transmitted, under seal, to the court of review
established in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Court of review; record, transmittal to Supreme Court
The Chief Justice shall publicly designate three judges, one of
whom shall be publicly designated as the presiding judge, from the
United States district courts or courts of appeals who together
shall comprise a court of review which shall have jurisdiction to
review the denial of any application made under this chapter. If
such court determines that the application was properly denied, the
court shall immediately provide for the record a written statement
of each reason for its decision and, on petition of the United
States for a writ of certiorari, the record shall be transmitted
under seal to the Supreme Court, which shall have jurisdiction to
review such decision.
(c) Expeditious conduct of proceedings; security measures for
maintenance of records
Proceedings under this chapter shall be conducted as
expeditiously as possible. The record of proceedings under this
chapter, including applications made and orders granted, shall be
maintained under security measures established by the Chief Justice
in consultation with the Attorney General and the Director of
Central Intelligence.
(d) Tenure
Each judge designated under this section shall so serve for a
maximum of seven years and shall not be eligible for redesignation,
except that the judges first designated under subsection (a) of
this section shall be designated for terms of from one to seven
years so that one term expires each year, and that judges first
designated under subsection (b) of this section shall be designated
for terms of three, five, and seven years.
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