[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 996 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]


  1st Session

                                 S. 996

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                               AMENDMENTS
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                    September 23, 1997.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 996) entitled ``An Act to 
provide for the authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year for 
arbitration in United States district courts.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. ARBITRATION IN DISTRICT COURTS.

    Section 905 of the Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act 
(28 U.S.C. 651 note) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``for 
each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997'' and inserting ``for each 
fiscal year''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF JUDICIAL INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.

    Section 103(b)(2) of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101-650; 104 Stat. 5096; 28 U.S.C. 471 note) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)'';
            (2) by striking ``sections 471 through 478'' and inserting 
        ``sections 472, 473, 474, 475, 477, and 478''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) The requirements set forth in section 476 of title 28, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall remain in effect 
permanently.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.

    Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 
133 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and redesignating the 
        succeeding paragraphs accordingly; and
            (2) by striking the last 3 sentences and inserting the 
        following: ``Except with respect to the western district of 
        Michigan and the eastern district of Pennsylvania, the first 
        vacancy in the office of district judge in each of the judicial 
        districts named in this subsection, occurring 10 years or more 
        after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the 
        temporary judgeship created by this subsection, shall not be 
        filled. The first vacancy in the office of district judge in 
        the western district of Michigan, occurring after December 1, 
        1995, shall not be filled. The first vacancy in the office of 
        district judge in the eastern district of Pennsylvania, 
        occurring 5 years or more after the confirmation date of the 
        judge named to the fill the temporary judgeship created for 
        such district under 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 judgeships created under this 
        section.''.

SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF FEDERAL COURT JUDGESHIP.

    The table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended by amending the item relating to Louisiana to read as 
follows:

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                  ``Louisiana:                                          
                    ``Eastern...............  12                        
                    ``Middle................   3                        
                    ``Western...............   7''.                     
                                                                        


            Amend the title so as to read ``An Act to provide for the 
        authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year for 
        arbitration in United States district courts, and for other 
        purposes.''.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.