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PUBLIC LAW 100-702—NOV. 19, 1988 1968) in an official capacity, without compensation, as firefighters or members of a rescue squad or ambulance crew.", (c) PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM JURY SERVICE.—Paragraph (6) of
Armed Forces. Firemen. Policemen.
section 1863(b) is amended to read as follows: "(6) specify that the following persons are barred from jury service on the ground that they are exempt: (A) members in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States; (B) members of the fire or police departments of any State, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States, or any subdivision of a State, the District of Columbia, or such territory or possession; (C) public officers in the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of the Government of the United States, or of any State, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States, or any subdivision of a State, the District of Columbia, or such territory or possession, who are actively engaged in the performance of official duties.". SEC. 803. MASTER JURY WHEEL.
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(a) ALPHABETICAL LIST NOT MANDATORY.—Strike out the second
sentence of section 1864(a) and insert the following: "The clerk or jury commission may, upon order of the court, prepare an alphabetical list of the names drawn from the master jury wheel. Any list so prepared shall not be disclosed to any person except pursuant to the district court plan or pursuant to section 1867 or 1868 of this title.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The second sentence of section 1865(a) is amended by striking out "the alphabetical" and inserting in lieu thereof "in any alphabetical". SEC. 804. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 1869(f) is amended to read as follows: "(f) 'district court of the United States', 'district court', and 'court' shall mean any district court established by chapter 5 of this title, and any court which is created by Act of Congress in a territory and is invested with any jurisdiction of a district court established by chapter 5 of this title;". SEC. 805. EXPERIMENTAL USE OF NEW JURY SELECTION PROCEDURES. (a) SECTION 1878.—Chapter 121 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "§ 1878. Experimental use of a one-step summoning and qualiflcation procedure "(a) The Judicial Conference of the United States is hereby authorized to develop and conduct an experiment in which jurors serving in a limited number of United States district courts shall be qualified and summoned in a single procedure, in lieu of the two separate procedures otherwise provided for by this chapter. The Judicial Conference shall designate the district courts to participate in this experiment, but in no event shall the number of courts participating exceed ten. An experiment may be conducted pursuant to this section for a period not to exceed 2 years. The Judicial Conference shall ensure that an experiment conducted pursuant to this section does not violate the policies and objectives set forth in sections 1861 and 1862 of this title, and shall terminate the experiment immediately if it determines that these policies and objectives
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