1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Court Access Amid the Pandemic Act . 2. Circuit court teleconferencing The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–136 ) is amended by inserting after section 15002 the following: 15002A. Teleconferencing for Circuit Court Proceedings (a) In general During the period in which there is in effect a declaration of a national emergency by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Co­ro­na­vi­rus Disease 2019— (1) a chief judge of a circuit, or, if the chief judge is unavailable, the most senior available active judge of the circuit court, may authorize that cases and controversies be disposed of without oral argument