3.0.0 920 2023-01-15T23:33:08Z 2023-01-15T23:33:08Z Senate S S 2003-04-11 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-11T22:29:41Z 2003-04-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2003-04-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N Law Advice and consent of the Senate Alabama Appellate courts Arizona Bankruptcy courts California Congress District courts Finance and Financial Sector Florida Government Operations and Politics Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Judges Judicial districts Kansas Missouri Nebraska New Mexico New York State Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Presidential appointments South Carolina Utah Virgin Islands Virginia Washington State Law 00 2003-04-11 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-17T19:45:01Z Federal Judgeship Act of 2003 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals, and temporary circuit judges for the ninth circuit; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in Alabama, California, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, and temporary district judges for California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, and Utah.

Amends the Federal judicial code to establish Article III courts in the Northern Mariana Islands (with court held at Saipan) and in the Virgin Islands (with court held in Christiansted for the Saint Croix Division, and in Charlotte-Amalie for the Saint Thomas and Saint John Division).

Authorizes the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to assign judges of courts of record of the Northern Mariana Islands or Guam to serve temporarily as a judge in the U.S. district court for the district of the Northern Mariana Islands whenever necessary. Grants such judges the powers of magistrate judges.

Includes the district courts of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Virgin Islands within the scope of provisions regarding participation in judicial conferences and regarding annuities for survivors of judicial officials.

Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to grant the District court of the Virgin Islands exclusive jurisdiction over all criminal and civil proceedings in the Virgin Islands with respect to income tax laws applicable to the Virgin Islands, with exceptions.

]]> Federal Judgeship Act of 2003 Display Title Federal Judgeship Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Judgeship Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-04-11T04:00:00Z 2003-04-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.