28 U.S.C. § 477 — Model civil justice expense and delay reduction plan

(a)(1) Using the plans that Early Implementation District Courts developed and tried under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, the Judicial Conference of the United States may create one or more model civil justice expense and delay reduction plans. Any model plan must come with a report explaining how it follows the requirements of section 473 of this title. (2) The Director of the Federal Judicial Center and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may suggest ideas to the Judicial Conference for building a model plan. (b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts must send copies of any model plan and its report to the United States district courts and to the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.