[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1906 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1906

     To require the Senate to remain in session to act on judicial 
                 nominations in certain circumstances.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 1998

   Mr. Leahy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Senate to remain in session to act on judicial 
                 nominations in certain circumstances.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Emergency Responsibility 
Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SENATE DURING A JUDICIAL EMERGENCY.

    Section 46 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(e) Action by Senate Required.--The Senate shall not recess 
during a session for more than 9 days without first voting on a 
judicial nomination in any case in which--
            ``(1) the nomination to fill the judiciary vacancy in the 
        affected circuit court has been pending before the Senate for a 
        period of 60 days or longer; and
            ``(2) a judicial emergency is declared pursuant to 
        subsection (b) due to vacancies on the affected circuit 
        court.''.
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