§3167 Reports to Congress

Summary

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, with the Judicial Conference's approval, must send regular reports to Congress about the plans filed under section 3165. Those reports are due within three months after the final plan submission dates under section 3165(e). The reports must recommend any needed law changes or extra funding to meet the chapter's time limits and goals. They must also describe the criminal docket when the plan was adopted, how much pretrial detention and release is occurring, and the time limits, procedures, and methods used or that could be used to speed trials. The reports must say why delays covered by section 3161(h) were not enough, list the kinds of offenses and the numbers of defendants and counts in late cases, say what extra judges or resources would be needed, describe fixes used in slow districts or successful practices from fast districts, explain why a district did not seek relief under section 3174 if it had trouble, and report how meeting the time limits affected civil case calendars using data from sections 3166 and 3170. The Department of Justice must, by December 31, 1979, send Congress a report on how the chapter affected each U.S. Attorney's office. That report must cover the same types of reasons for delay, fixes tried, extra resources needed, suggested guideline or law changes, and how meeting the time limits affected civil litigation and what changes or resources would prevent harm to civil cases.