#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #habd  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to provide  
for transportation and subsistence for  
criminal justice defendants1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,criminal      
,judicial ,administration ,act of #bjbj4
  #b4 ,transportation and subsistence   
for criminal justice act defendants     
,section #dbhe of title #ah1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended in the first  
sentence--  7#a7 by striking when the   
interests of justice would be served    
thereby and the ,united ,states judge or
 magistrate judge is satisfied1 after   
appropriate inquiry1 that the defendant 
is financially unable to provide the    
necessary transportation to appear      
before the required court on his own and
 inserting when the ,united ,states     
judge or magistrate judge is satisfied  
that the defendant is indigent based on 
appointment of counsel pursuant to      
section #cjjf;,a1 or1 after appropriate 

inquiry1 that the defendant is          
financially unable to provide necessary 
transportation on his own2  7#b7 by     
striking to the place where his         
appearance is required1 and inserting   
7#a7 to the place where each appearance 
is required and 7#b7 to return to the   
place of the person's arrest or bona    
fide residence12 and  7#c7 by striking  
to his destination1 and inserting which 
includes money for both lodging and     
food1 during travel to the person's     
destination and during any proceeding at
 which the person's appearance is       
required4  #c4 ,effective use of        
magistrate judges to decide postjudgment
 motions ,section #cdja of title #ah1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in the    
second sentence1 by striking and after  
trial1 judgment12  7,b7 in the second   
sentence1 by inserting 1 and rulings on 
all post-judgment motions after         
sentencing2  7,c7 in the third sentence1
 by striking and after trial1 judgment12

 and  7,d7 in the third sentence1 by    
inserting 1 and rulings on all          
post-judgment motions after sentencing2 
7#b7 in subsection 7c71 by striking 1   
with the approval of a judge of the     
district court12 and  7#c7 by inserting 
after subsection 7i7 the following3  7j7
 ,a magistrate judge who exercises trial
 jurisdiction under this section1 in    
either a petty offense case or a        
misdemeanor case in which the defendant 
has consented to a magistrate judge1 may
 also rule on all post-judgment motions 
in that case1 including but not limited 
to petitions for writs of habeas corpus1
 writs of coram nobis1 motions to vacate
 a sentence under section #bbee of title
 #bh1 and motions related to mental     
competency under chapter #cac of this   
title4  4  ,passed the ,house of        
,representatives ,october #a1           
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