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NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF CARES ACT AUTHORITIES

Monday, April 17, 2023

On April 10, 2023, following House and Senate passage, the President signed into law a Joint Resolution (H.J. Res. 7), which provides that “the national emergency declared by the finding of the President on March 13, 2020, in Proclamation 9994.. . . is hereby terminated.” As a result, the authority to use video and teleconferencing technologies in certain criminal proceedings under § 15002(b) of the CARES Act will expire on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Accordingly, please be advised that effective May 11, 2023, the federal judiciary will return to pre-pandemic practices and may use video or teleconferencing technologies only pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure or any relevant statutes that applied before the CARES Act...

Notice (pdf)