legislation: 95-s-2074
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| 95-s-2074 | 95 | s | 2074 | A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide in civil cases for juries of six persons, to amend the Jury Selection and Service Act of 1968, as amended, with respect to the selection and qualification of jurors, and to extend the coverage of the Federal Employees Compensation Act to all jurors in U.S. district courts. | Law | 1977-09-08 | 1978-05-01 | Referred jointly to House Committees on the Judiciary; and Education and Labor. | Senate | Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] | AZ | D | D000185 | 0 | (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 95-758) =Title I: Jury Service Upon Restoration of Civil Rights= - Permits felons to qualify for Federal jury service upon restoration of civil rights through any means. =Title II: Jury Selection Procedures, Records, and Definitions= - Increases to $5,000 the fine for disclosing the contents of records or papers used by the jury commission or clerk in connection with the jury selection process. Provides that such records may be disclosed after a jury has been discharged, but only for the purpose of determining the validity of the jury's selection. Defines "publicly draw," for the purpose of provisions specifying procedures for selection of prosepective jurors, to include drawings made by means of electronic data processing. =Title III: Compensation of Jurors for Service-Related Injuries= - Provides Federal employees disability and death benefits coverage to Federal jurors. Reduces such benefits by the amount received under a noncontributory State or local disability compensation or survivor benefit program. States that the provisions of this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1978. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z |