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1 Speedy Trial Act of 1974, the chief judge for the Superior 2 Court of the District of Columbia, with the approval of the 3 Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District 4 of Columbia, shall prepare and submit to the Administrative 5 Office of the United States Courts a plan for the trial or 6 other disposition of offenses under this chapter within the 7 jurisdiction of the Superior Court during the second and 8 third twelve-calendar-month periods following the effective 9 date of section 3161 (b) and section 3161 (c). Prior to the 10 expiration of the thirty-six-calendar-month period following 11 such date of enactment, the chief judge of such court, with 12 the approval of such Joint Committee, shall prepare and 13 submit to the Administrative Office of the United States 14 Courts a plan for the trial or other disposition of offenses 15 under this chapter, within the jurisdiction of such court, 16 during the fourth and fifth twelve-calendar-month periods 17 following the effective date of section 3161 (b) and section 18 3161 (c). Prior to the expiration of the sixty-calendar19 month period following such date of enactment, the chief 20 judge of such court, with the approval of such Joint Com21 mittee, shall prepare and submit to the Administrative Of22 fice of the United States Courts a plan for the trial or other 23 disposition of offenses under this chapter, within the juris24 diction of such court, during the sixth twelve-calendar-month

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2 section 3161 (c).

3 "(2) Such plan shall be formulated after consultation 4 with, and after considering the recommendations of, the 5 Joint Committee and the criminal justice planning group 6 established pursuant to section 3165. The chief judge may 7 modify such plan at any time with the approval of the Joint 8 Committee and shall modify the plan when directed by 9 such Committee. The chief judge shall notify the Admin10 istrative Office of the United States Courts of any modifica11 tion of such plan.

12 "(c) Within fifteen calendar months after the date of 13 the enactment of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, the Admin14 istrative Office of the United States Courts, with the approval 15 of the Judicial Conference, shall submit a report to the 16 Congress detailing the plans submitted to it pursuant to the 17 first sentence of section 3166 (a) (1) and the first sentence 18 of section 3166 (b) (1) of this chapter, including any legislative proposals and appropriations necessary to achieve 20 compliance with the time limitations provided in section 21 3161. Within thirty-nine calendar months following such date of enactment, the Administrative Office of the United 23 States Courts, with such approval, shall submit such a re24 port to the Congress covering plans submitted to such Office 25 pursuant to the second sentence of section 3166 (a) (1) and

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1 the first sentence of section 3166 (b) (1) of this chapter. 2 Within sixty-three calendar months following such date of 3 enactment, the Administrative Office of the United States 4 Courts, with such approval, shall submit such a report to 5 the Congress covering plans submitted to such Office pur6 suant to the third sentence of section 3166 (a) (1) and the 7 third sentence of section 3166 (b) (1) of this chapter. 8 "(d) District plans adopted pursuant to this section 9 shall, upon adoption, and recommendations of the district 10 planning group shall, upon completion, become public docu11 ments. They shall be available (1) to the bar and the press 12 in each district, (2) to the Department of Justice, (3) to 13 the General Accounting Office, (4) to the Judiciary Com14 mittees and Appropriations Committees of the Senate and 15 House of Representatives, and (5) at reasonable cost, to 16 others who request them.

17 "(e) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions 18 of this section and section 3165, there is hereby authorized 19 to be appropriated such sums as Congress may find necessary.

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20 "83167. District plans-contents

21 "(a) Each District plan required by section 3166 shall 22 include a description of the norms prevailing at the time of 23 its submission as to characteristics of criminal justice adminis24 tration in the district, including but not limited to: the time 25 span between arrest and indictment, and indictment and trial;

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1 the number of matters presented to the United States Attor2 ney for prosecution; acceptance and rejection rates of prosecu3 tions, and transfers to other districts and to State prosecution; 4 the comparative number of cases disposed of by trial and 5 by plea; the rates of conviction, dismissal, acquittal, nolle 6 prosequi, diversion and other types of disposition; and the 7 extent of preadjudication detention and release, by numbers 8 of defendants and days in custody or at liberty prior to 9 disposition.

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"(b) Each plan shall include a description of the time

11 limits, procedural techniques, innovations, systems and other 12 methods, including the development of reliable methods for 13 gathering and monitoring information and statistics, by which 14 the district court, the United States Attorney, the Federal 15 Public Defender, if any, and private attorneys experienced 16 in the defense of criminal cases, have expedited or intend to 17 expedite the trial or other disposition of criminal cases, con18 sistent with the time limits and other objectives set forth in 19 section 3165 (b) and section 3165 (c).

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"(c) Each plan shall prescribe reporting forms, pro21 cedures and time requirements, consistent with section 3168, 22 for assembling information concerning (1) the incidence of 23 and reasons for extensions of time beyond the statutory or 24 district standards, (2) the invocation of sanctions for non25 compliance with time standards, and (3) the incidence and

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1 length of, reasons for, and remedies for, detention prior to 2 trial. These forms shall include the pretrial custody informa3 tion required by Rule 46 (g) of the Federal Rules of Crimi4 nal Procedure.

5 "(d) Each plan shall further specify the rule changes, 6 statutory amendments and appropriations needed to effectu7 ate further improvements in the administration of justice in 8 the district which cannot be accomplished without such 9 amendments or funds.

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"(a) Reports shall be filed for purposes defined in this 12 section by

"(1) cach prosecutor and defense attorney who seeks in an individual case an extension of time, or to avoid a sanction for noncompliance, in respect to a time limit prescribed in the Act or in a district plan,

"(2) each judge who grants or denies such a

request in a case,

"(3) each planning group, district court, United States Attorney, and Federal Public Defender in a district, on an annual basis at the end of each twelve-calendar-month period beginning two years after the date of enactment, and

"(4) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the United States Department of Justice, and