18 U.S.C. § 3152 : US Code - Section 3152: Establishment of pretrial services

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3152 : US Code - Section 3152: Establishment of pretrial services

(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 selected by a panel consisting of the chief judge of the
circuit, the chief judge of the district, and a magistrate judge of
the district or their designees. The chief pretrial services
officer appointed under this subsection shall be an individual
other than one serving under authority of section 3654 of this
title.