[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1394 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1394

To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in 
             the State of Florida, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 1999

 Mr. McCollum (for himself, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Goss, Mr. Young 
of Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Meek of Florida, Mr. Foley, Mr. 
 Davis of Florida, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Mica, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. 
   Stearns, Mr. Deutsch, Mr. Miller of Florida, and Mr. Hastings of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in 
             the State of Florida, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judges for Florida Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE FLORIDA DISTRICT COURTS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate--
            (1) 5 additional district judges for the middle district of 
        Florida; and
            (2) 2 additional district judges for the southern district 
        of Florida.
    (b) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code, will reflect the changes in the total 
number of permanent district judgeships authorized as a result of 
subsection (a) of this section, the item relating to Florida in such 
table is amended to read as follows:

``Florida:
    Northern................................................         4 
    Middle..................................................        16 
    Southern................................................     18.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including such sums 
as may be necessary to provide appropriate space and facilities for the 
judicial positions created by this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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