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  <summary>	9/23/2009--Introduced.Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code, the federal criminal code, and other federal law to: (1) remove the power of certain active or retired federal judges to appoint U.S. magistrate judges; (2) revise the statutory description of the District of North Dakota to eliminate the current four divisions each of which holds court exclusively for specified counties; (3) revise requirements for the disability retirement and cost-of-living adjustments of annuities for territorial judges; (4) subject judicial branch senior executives to federal civil service annual leave requirements and limitations; (5) revise requirements for the compensation of Federal Judicial Center personnel, including reemployed annuitants; (6) require court use of separate judgment and statement of reasons forms in the imposition of a criminal sentence; (7) require appropriate adaptation of pretrial services functions for juveniles; (8) modify the reporting schedule for criminal wiretap orders; and (9) increase the compensation thresholds triggering administrative review of compensation for non-counsel investigative, expert, or other services necessary for adequate representation of a person financially unable to obtain them.</summary>
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