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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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