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28 U.S.C. § 175 — Official duty station; residence

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28 U.S.C. § 175 — Official duty station; residence

**(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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**(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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28 U.S.C. § 174 — Assignment of judges; decisions

**(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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28 U.S.C. § 456 — Traveling expenses of justices and judges; official duty stations

**(a)** The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay each justice or judge of the United States, and each retired justice or judge recalled or designated and assigned to active duty, while attending court or transacting official business at a place other than his official duty station for any continuous period of less than thirty calendar days (1) all necessary transportation expenses certified by the justice or judge; and (2) payments for subsistence expenses at rates or in amounts which the Director establishes, in accordance with regulations which the Director shall prescribe with the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States and after considering the rates or amounts set by the Administrator of General Services and the President pursuant to [section 5702 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5702&num=0&edition=prelim). The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall also pay each justice or judge of the United States, and each retired justice or judge recalled or designated and assigned to active duty, while attending court or transacting official business under an assignment authorized under chapter 13 of this title which exceeds in duration a continuous period of thirty calendar days, all necessary transportation expenses and actual and necessary expenses of subsistence actually incurred, notwithstanding the provisions of [section 5702 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5702&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with regulations which the Director shall prescribe with the approval of the Judicial Conference of the United States. **(b)** The official duty station of the Chief Justice of th

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28 U.S.C. § 171 — Appointment and number of judges; character of court; designation of chief judge

**(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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28 U.S.C. § 175 — Official duty station; residence

Page 96 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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