[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2481 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2481

 To provide for the appointment of 1 additional Federal district judge 
     for the western district of Kentucky, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 30 (legislative day, September 12), 1994

   Mr. Ford introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the appointment of 1 additional Federal district judge 
     for the western district of Kentucky, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT 
              OF KENTUCKY.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge for the 
western district of Kentucky.
    (b) Eastern District.--The district judgeship for the eastern and 
western districts of Kentucky (as in effect before the date of the 
enactment of this Act) shall be a district judgeship for the eastern 
district of Kentucky only, and the incumbent of such judgeship shall 
hold his office under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as 
amended by this section.
    (c) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code, shall reflect the change in the total 
number of permanent district judgeships authorized under this section, 
such table is amended by amending the item relating to Kentucky to read 
as follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
       ``Kentucky:                                                      
       ``Eastern.......................  5                              
       ``Western.......................  5''.                           
                                                                        

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