2015—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–113 inserted “A person appointed as a probation officer in one district may serve in another district with the consent of the appointing court and the court in the other district.” after first sentence and “appointing” before “court may, for cause, remove”.

Section effective Nov. 1, 1987, and applicable only to offenses committed after the taking effect of this section, see section 235(a)(1) of Pub. L. 98–473, set out as a note under section 3551 of this title.