Section 303(a) of the Judiciary Appropriations Act, 1992 to read: The Judicial Conference may, only to the extent necessary, prescribe reasonable fees, pursuant to sections 1913, 1914, 1926, 1930, and 1932 of title 28, United States Code, for collection by the courts under those sections for access to information available through automatic data processing equipment. In April 2016, three non-profit organizations—the Alliance for Justice, the National Veterans Legal Services Program and the National Consumer Law Center—filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging that the judiciary's PACER fee structure violates Section 205(e) in that the fees were not only being used to maintain the system itself, but were being diverted to cover other costs of the federal courts, including courtroom audio systems and flat-screen televisions for jury use. In March 2018, the judge ruled that the PACER fees were impermissibly used to cover unrelated costs. that holding is under appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. See also Business.gov Teleadministration References External links Full text of Act (pdf) E-Government website FCW.com: E-gov agenda takes shape United States federal computing legislation Acts of the 107th United States Congress United States federal government administration legislation E-government in the United States