The Judicial Conference, at its September 19, 2006, session, pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930, and 1932 of Title 28, United States Code, amended the Electronic Public Access Fee Schedule for the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. The amendment establishes a prohibition against the unauthorized transfer of case information received under a fee exemption granted by a court.

The following statement was added to the fee schedule: "Any transfer of data obtained as the result of a fee exemption is prohibited unless expressly authorized by the court." The Conference also authorized the addition of a sentence to the Policy Notes to the EPA Fee Schedule, stating the following: "The prohibition on transfer of information received without fee is not intended to bar a quote or reference to information received as a result of a fee exemption in a scholarly or other similar work." This amendment became effective on September 20, 2006.

The fee schedule was updated again on September 18, 2007 to expand the classes of persons eligible for exemption from the EPA fees. Click here, to view a copy of the latest fee schedule. If you have any questions, please contact the PACER Service Center at pacer@psc.uscourts.gov.