[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 977 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 977

   To provide for the conversion of existing temporary United States 
    district judgeships to permanent status, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1997

 Mr. Hyde (for himself and Mr. Conyers) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the conversion of existing temporary United States 
    district judgeships to permanent status, 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 JUDGESHIP FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.

    The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, one additional district judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama.

SEC. 2. CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS TO PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS.

    The existing district judgeships for the eastern district of 
California, the southern district of Illinois, the northern district of 
New York, and the eastern district of Virginia authorized by section 
203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650, 28 
U.S.C. 133 note) shall, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, be 
authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, and the 
incumbents in those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act.

SEC. 3. COMMENCEMENT DATE OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.

    Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-650, 28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended by striking the last three 
sentences and inserting the following: ``In the western district of 
Michigan, the first vacancy in the office of district judge occurring 
after December 1, 1995, shall not be filled. In the eastern district of 
Pennsylvania, the first vacancy in the office of district judge 
occurring five years or more after the confirmation date of the judge 
named to fill the temporary judgeship created by this subsection shall 
not be filled. In the district of Hawaii, the central district of 
Illinois, the district of Kansas, the eastern district of Missouri, the 
northern district of Ohio, and the district of Nebraska, the first 
vacancy in the office of district judge occurring 10 years or more 
after the confirmation date of a judge named to fill a temporary 
judgeship created by this subsection shall not be filled. For districts 
named in this subsection for which multiple judgeships are created by 
this Act, the last of those judgeships filled shall be the judgeship 
created under this subsection.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    The table contained in section 133 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:

                  ``Districts                                    Judges
Alabama:
        Northern...............................................      8 
        Middle.................................................      3 
        Southern...............................................      3 
Alaska.........................................................      3 
Arizona........................................................      8 
Arkansas:
        Eastern................................................      5 
        Western................................................      3 
California:
        Northern...............................................     14 
        Eastern................................................      7 
        Central................................................     27 
        Southern...............................................      8 
Colorado.......................................................      7 
Connecticut....................................................      8 
Delaware.......................................................      4 
District of Columbia...........................................     15 
Florida:
        Northern...............................................      4 
        Middle.................................................     11 
        Southern...............................................     16 
Georgia:
        Northern...............................................     11 
        Middle.................................................      4 
        Southern...............................................      3 
Hawaii.........................................................      3 
Idaho..........................................................      2 
Illinois:
        Northern...............................................     22 
        Central................................................      3 
        Southern...............................................      4 
Indiana:
        Northern...............................................      5 
        Southern...............................................      5 
Iowa:
        Northern...............................................      2 
        Southern...............................................      3 
Kansas.........................................................      5 
Kentucky:
        Eastern................................................      4 
        Western................................................      4 
        Eastern and Western....................................      1 
Louisiana:
        Eastern................................................     13 
        Middle.................................................      2 
        Western................................................      7 
Maine..........................................................      3 
Maryland.......................................................     10 
Massachusetts..................................................     13 
Michigan:
        Eastern................................................     15 
        Western................................................      4 
Minnesota......................................................      7 
Mississippi:
        Northern...............................................      3 
        Southern...............................................      6 
Missouri:
        Eastern................................................      6 
        Western................................................      5 
        Eastern and Western....................................      2 
Montana........................................................      3 
Nebraska.......................................................      3 
Nevada.........................................................      4 
New Hampshire..................................................      3 
New Jersey.....................................................     17 
New Mexico.....................................................      5 
New York:
        Northern...............................................      5 
        Southern...............................................     28 
        Eastern................................................     15 
        Western................................................      4 
North Carolina:
        Eastern................................................      4 
        Middle.................................................      4 
        Western................................................      3 
North Dakota...................................................      2 
Ohio:
        Northern...............................................     11 
        Southern...............................................      8 
Oklahoma:
        Northern...............................................      3 
        Eastern................................................      1 
        Western................................................      6 
        Northern, Eastern, and Western.........................      1 
Oregon.........................................................      6 
Pennsylvania:
        Eastern................................................     22 
        Middle.................................................      6 
        Western................................................     10 
Puerto Rico....................................................      7 
Rhode Island...................................................      3 
South Carolina.................................................      9 
South Dakota...................................................      3 
Tennessee:
        Eastern................................................      5 
        Middle.................................................      4 
        Western................................................      5 
Texas:
        Northern...............................................     12 
        Southern...............................................     18 
        Eastern................................................      7 
        Western................................................     10 
Utah...........................................................      5 
Vermont........................................................      2 
Virginia:
        Eastern................................................     10 
        Western................................................      4 
Washington:
        Eastern................................................      4 
        Western................................................      7 
West Virginia:
        Northern...............................................      3 
        Southern...............................................      5 
Wisconsin:
        Eastern................................................      4 
        Western................................................      2 
Wyoming........................................................    3''.
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