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38 U.S.C. § 7254 - Organization

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(a) The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims shall have a seal which shall be judicially noticed.

(b) The Court may hear cases by judges sitting alone or in panels, as determined pursuant to procedures established by the Court. Any such panel shall have not less than three judges. The Court shall establish procedures for the assignment of the judges of the Court to such panels and for the designation of the chief of each such panel.

(c) (1) A majority of the judges of the Court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Court. A vacancy in the Court shall not impair the powers or affect the duties of the Court or of the remaining judges of the Court.

(2) A majority of the judges of a panel of the Court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the panel. A vacancy in a panel of the Court shall not impair the powers or affect the duties of the panel or of the remaining judges of the panel.

(d) Precedence of Judges.— The chief judge of the Court shall have precedence and preside at any session that the chief judge attends. The other judges shall have precedence and preside according to the seniority of their original commissions. Judges whose commissions bear the same date shall have precedence according to seniority in age.

(e) Judges of the Court shall have the authority to administer oaths.

(Added Pub. L. 100687, div. A, title III, § 301(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4114, § 4054; amended Pub. L. 10194, title IV, § 402, Aug. 16, 1989, 103 Stat. 628; Pub. L. 101237, title VI, § 602(b), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2095; renumbered § 7254, Pub. L. 10240, title IV, § 402(b)(1), May 7, 1991, 105 Stat. 238; Pub. L. 10254, § 14(e)(4), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 287; Pub. L. 10282, § 8(3), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 377; Pub. L. 105368, title V, § 512(a)(1), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3341; Pub. L. 106117, title X, § 1034, Nov. 30, 1999, 113 Stat. 1595.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1999—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106117 inserted heading and amended text of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “In the event of a vacancy in the position of chief judge of the Court, the associate judge senior in service on the Court shall serve as acting chief judge unless the President designates one of the other associate judges to serve as acting chief judge, in which case the judge so designated shall serve as acting chief judge.” 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105368 substituted “Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims” for “Court of Veterans Appeals”. 1991—Pub. L. 10240 renumbered section 4054 of this title as this section. Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 10254 amended section as in effect immediately before the enactment of Pub. L. 10240, and Pub. L. 10282 amended section, identically, by redesignating the second subsec. (d), relating to authority to administer oaths as, (e). 1989—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101237 added subsec. (d) relating to authority to administer oaths. Pub. L. 10194 added subsec. (d) relating to acting chief judge in event of vacancy.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1999 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 106117 effective Nov. 30, 1999, with savings provision for incumbent chief judge, see section 1036 of Pub. L. 106117, set out as a note under section 7253 of this title.

Effective Date of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105368 effective on first day of first month beginning more than 90 days after Nov. 11, 1998, see section 513 of Pub. L. 105368, set out as a note under section 7251 of this title.