Sec. 303. Procedural rules
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The Judicial Integrity Officer shall, subject to the approval of the Board, adopt rules governing the procedures of the Office, including the procedures for Preliminary and Merits Hearing Officers, which shall be furnished to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for publication in the Federal Register. The rules may be amended in the same manner. The Judicial Integrity Officer shall adopt rules referred to in subsection
(a)in accordance with the principles and procedures set forth in section 553 of title 5, United States Code. The Judicial Integrity Officer shall publish a general notice of proposed rulemaking under section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code. Before adopting rules, the Judicial Integrity Officer shall provide a comment period of at least 30 days after publication of a general notice of proposed rulemaking. Upon adopting rules, the Judicial Integrity Officer shall transmit notice of such action together with a copy of such rules to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for publication in the Federal Register. Rules shall be considered issued by the Judicial Integrity Officer as of the date on which they are published in the Federal Register.