[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2456 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2456

To convert a temporary Federal judgeship in the district of Hawaii to a 
    permanent judgeship, extend statutory authority for magistrate 
   positions in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 10, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To convert a temporary Federal judgeship in the district of Hawaii to a 
    permanent judgeship, extend statutory authority for magistrate 
   positions in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, 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. CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIP TO PERMANENT JUDGESHIP.

    (a) In General.--The existing district judgeship for the district 
of Hawaii authorized by section 203(c)(2) 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 incumbent in that office shall 
hold the office under section 133 of title 28, United States Code (as 
amended by this section).
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table contained in 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the item relating to Hawaii and inserting the following:


``Hawaii.......................................................   4''. 

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR MAGISTRATE POSITIONS TO BE 
              ESTABLISHED IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF GUAM AND THE 
              NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.

    Section 631 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking the first two sentences 
        and inserting the following: ``The judges of each United States 
        district court and the district courts of the Virgin Islands, 
        Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall appoint United 
        States magistrates in such numbers and to serve at such 
        locations within the judicial districts as the Judicial 
        Conference may determine under this chapter. In the case of a 
        magistrate appointed by the district court of the Virgin 
        Islands, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, this chapter 
        shall apply as though the court appointing such a magistrate 
        were a United States district court.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting in the first sentence 
        after ``Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,'' the following: ``the 
        Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands,''.
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