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Code · U.S. Code · Title 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · CHAPTER 207— RELEASE AND DETENTION PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS · § 3152

§ 3152. Establishment of pretrial services

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(a)On and after the date of the enactment of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Director”) shall, under the supervision and direction of the Judicial Conference of the United States, provide directly, or by contract or otherwise (to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts), for the establishment of pretrial services in each judicial district (other than the District of Columbia). Pretrial services established under this section shall be supervised by a chief probation officer appointed under section 3654 of this title or by a chief pretrial services officer selected under subsection
(c)of this section.
(b)Beginning eighteen months after the date of the enactment of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982, if an appropriate United States district court and the circuit judicial council jointly recommend the establishment under this subsection of pretrial services in a particular district, pretrial services shall be established under the general authority of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.
(c)The pretrial services established under subsection
(b)of this section shall be supervised by a chief pretrial services officer appointed by the district court. The chief pretrial services officer appointed under this subsection shall be an individual other than one serving under authority of section 3602 of this title.
(Added Pub. L. 93–619, title II, § 201, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2086; amended Pub. L. 97–267, § 2, Sept. 27, 1982, 96 Stat. 1136; Pub. L. 110–406, § 10, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4293.)
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  • section 3654 of this title
  • Pub. L. 93–619, title II, § 201
  • 88 Stat. 2086
  • Pub. L. 97–267, § 2
  • 96 Stat. 1136
  • Pub. L. 110–406, § 10
  • 122 Stat. 4293
  • Pub. L. 97–267
  • Pub. L. 89–465, § 3(a)
  • 80 Stat. 216
  • Pub. L. 93–619, § 201
  • Pub. L. 110–406
  • Pub. L. 97–267, § 9
  • 96 Stat. 1139
  • Pub. L. 97–267, § 8
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§ 3152
Establishment of pretrial services
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Citesection 3654 of this title
Pub. L.Pub. L. 93–619, title II, § 201
Stat.88 Stat. 2086
Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–267, § 2
Stat.96 Stat. 1136
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