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28 U.S.C. § 174 — Assignment of judges; decisions
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**(a)** The judicial power of the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding, except congressional reference cases, shall be exercised by a single judge, who may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of court at the same time other sessions are held by other judges.
**(b)** All decisions of the Court of Federal Claims shall be preserved and open to inspection.
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**(a)** The judicial power of the United States Court of Federal Claims with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding, except congressional reference cases, shall be exercised by a single judge, who may preside alone and hold a regular or special session of court at the same time other sessions are held by other judges.
**(b)** All decisions of the Court of Federal Claims shall be preserved and open to inspection.
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The Supreme Court shall hold at the seat of government a term of court commencing on the first Monday in October of each year and may hold such adjourned or special terms as may be necessary.
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**(a)** The official duty station of each judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims is the District of Columbia.
**(b)** After appointment and while in active service, each judge shall reside within fifty miles of the District of Columbia.
**(c)** Retired judges of the Court of Federal Claims are not subject to restrictions as to residence. The place where a retired judge maintains the actual abode in which such judge customarily lives shall be deemed to be the judge’s official duty station for the purposes of [section 456 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section456&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The principal office of the United States Court of Federal Claims shall be in the District of Columbia, but the Court of Federal Claims may hold court at such times and in such places as it may fix by rule of court. The times and places of the sessions of the Court of Federal Claims shall be prescribed with a view to securing reasonable opportunity to citizens to appear before the Court of Federal Claims with as little inconvenience and expense to citizens as is practicable.
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The district court shall not hold formal terms.
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**(a)** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, sixteen judges who shall constitute a court of record known as the United States Court of Federal Claims. The court is declared to be a court established under article I of the Constitution of the United States.
**(b)** The President shall designate one of the judges of the Court of Federal Claims who is less than seventy years of age to serve as chief judge. The chief judge may continue to serve as such until he reaches the age of seventy years or until another judge is designated as chief judge by the President. After the designation of another judge to serve as chief judge, the former chief judge may continue to serve as a judge of the court for the balance of the term to which appointed.
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 174
Stat. 1157; Dec. 13, 1926, ch. 6, § 1, 44 Stat. 919; July 31,
1946, ch. 704, § 1, 60 Stat. 716).
This section is based on part of section 241 of title 28,
U.S.C., 1940 ed. That portion relating to number, ap-
pointment of judges and their oaths, is incorporated in
sections 171 and 453 of this title.
A provision for monthly salary payments was omit-
ted since time of payment is a matter for administra-
tive determination. (See 20 Comp. Gen. 834.)
The term ‘‘chief judge’’ was substituted for ‘‘Chief
Justice.’’ (See reviser’s note under section 136 of this
title.)
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1992—Pub. L. 102–572 substituted ‘‘United States
Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘United States Claims
Court’’ and ‘‘Court of Federal Claims’’ for ‘‘Claims
Court’’ in three places.
1982—Pub. L. 97–164 amended section generally, sub-
stituting provisions relating to times and places of
holding court (formerly contained in section 174) for
provisions relating to the tenure and salaries of judges
of the Court of Claims. See section 172 of this title.
1975—Pub. L. 94–82 substituted provision that the
chief judge and associate judges receive a salary at an
annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal
Salary Act of 1967, as adjusted by section 461 of this
title, for provision granting each such judge a salary of
$33,000 a year.
1964—Pub. L. 88–426 increased salaries of judges from
$25,500 to $33,000 a year.
1955—Act Mar. 2, 1955, increased salaries of judges
from $17,500 to $25,500 a year.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–572 effective Oct. 29, 1992,
see section 911 of Pub. L. 102–572, set out
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