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34 U.S.C. § 20142 — Closed circuit televised court proceedings for victims of crime

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34 U.S.C. § 20142 — Closed circuit televised court proceedings for victims of crime

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**(a) In general** Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to the contrary, in order to permit victims of crime to watch criminal trial proceedings in cases where the venue of the trial is changed— (1) out of the State in which the case was initially brought; and (2) more than 350 miles from the location in which those proceedings originally would have taken place; the trial court shall order closed circuit televising of the proceedings to that location, for viewing by such persons the court determines have a compelling interest in doing so and are otherwise unable to do so by reason of the inconvenience and expense caused by the change of venue. **(b) Limited access** (1) **Generally** — No other person, other than official court and security personnel, or other persons specifically designated by the court, shall be permitted to view the closed circuit televising of the proceedings. (2) **Exception** — The court shall not designate a person under paragraph (1) if the presiding judge at the trial determines that testimony by that person would be materially affected if that person heard other testimony at the trial. **(c) Restrictions** (1) The signal transmitted pursuant to subsection (a) shall be under the control of the court at all times and shall only be transmitted subject to the terms and conditions imposed by the court. (2) No public broadcast or dissemination shall be made of the signal transmitted pursuant to subsection (a). In the event any tapes are produced in carrying out subsection (a), such tapes shall be the property of the court and kept under seal. (3) Any violations of this subsection, or any rule or order made pursuant to this section, shall be punishable as contempt of court as described in [section 402 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section402&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Donations** The Administrative Office of the United States Courts may accept donations to enable the courts to carry out subsection (a). **(e) Construction** (1) 11 So in original. No par. (2) has been enacted. Nothing in this section shall be construed— (i) to create in favor of any person a cause of action against the United States or any officer or employees thereof, or (ii) to provide any person with a defense in any action in which application of this section is made. **(f) “State” defined** As used in this section, the term “State” means any State, the District of Columbia, or any possession or territory of the United States. **(g) Rules** The Judicial Conference of the United States, pursuant to its rule making authority under [section 331 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section331&num=0&edition=prelim), may promulgate and issue rules, or amend existing rules, to effectuate the policy addressed by this section. Upon the implementation of such rules, this section shall cease to be effective. **(h) Effective date** This section shall only apply to cases filed after January 1, 1995.

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42 U.S.C. § 10608 — Transferred

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Section 10608 was editorially reclassified as [section 20142 of Title 34](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section20142&num=0&edition=prelim), Crime Control and Law Enforcement.

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28 U.S.C. § 331 — Judicial Conference of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States shall summon annually the chief judge of each judicial circuit, the chief judge of the Court of International Trade, and a district judge from each judicial circuit to a conference at such time and place in the United States as he may designate. He shall preside at such conference which shall be known as the Judicial Conference of the United States. Special sessions of the Conference may be called by the Chief Justice at such times and places as he may designate.

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18 U.S.C. § 402 — Contempts constituting crimes

Any person, corporation or association willfully disobeying any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of any district court of the United States, including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court or the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review established by section 103 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ([50 U.S.C. 1803](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1803&num=0&edition=prelim)), or any court of the District of Columbia, by doing any act or thing therein, or thereby forbidden, if the act or thing so done be of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under any statute of the United States or under the laws of any State in which the act was committed, shall be prosecuted for such contempt as provided in [section 3691 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section3691&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment, or both.

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34 U.S.C. § 20142 — Untitled legal text

Page 455 TITLE 34—CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT § 20142 (G) the sentence imposed on an offender, in- cluding the date on which the offender will be eligible for parole. (4) During court proceedings, a responsible of- ficial shall ensure that a victim is provided a waiting area removed from and out of the sight and hearing of the defendant and defense wit- nesses. (5) After trial, a responsible official shall pro- vide a victim the earliest possible notice of— (A) the scheduling of a parole hearing for the offender; (B) the escape, work release, furlough, or any other form of release from custody of the offender; and (C) the death of the offender, if the offender dies while in custody. (6) At all times, a responsible official shall en- sure that any property of a victim that is being held for evidentiary purposes be maintained in good condition and returned to the victim as soon as it is no longer needed for evidentiary purposes. (7) The Attorney General or the head of an- other department or agency that conducts an in- vestigation of a sexual assault shall pay, either directly or by reimbursement of payment by the victim, the cost of a physical examination of the victim which an investigating officer deter- mines was necessary or useful for evidentiary purposes. The Attorney General shall provide for the payment of the cost of up to 2 anony- mous and confidential tests of the victim for sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, gonorrhea, herpes, chlamydia, and syphilis, dur- ing the 12 months following sexual assaults that pose a risk of transmission, and the cost of a counseling session by a medically trained pro- fessional on the accuracy of such tests and the risk of transmission of sexually transmitted dis- eases to the victim as th

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