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[S. 996 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.996

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
 To provide for the authorization of appropriations in each fiscal year 
    for arbitration in United States district courts, 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. 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 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''.                   
                                                                        


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.