For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 9, 2005
Statement on H.R. 3650, the "Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of 2005"
On Friday, September 9, 2005 the President signed into law:
H.R. 3650, the "Federal Judiciary Emergency Special Sessions Act of
2005," which allows Federal courts to conduct business outside their
territorial jurisdiction upon a finding by the court that, because of
emergency conditions, no location within its territorial jurisdiction is
reasonably available where court could be held.
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