[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1018 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1018

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


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 1999

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in 
          the State of North Carolina, 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 ``Justice for Western North Carolina 
Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA DISTRICT COURTS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district judge for the 
western district of North Carolina.
    (b) Temporary Judgeship.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall appoint, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional district 
        judge for the western district of North Carolina.
            (2) First vacancy not filled.--The first vacancy in the 
        office of district judge in the western district of North 
        Carolina, occurring 7 years or more after the confirmation date 
        of the judge named to fill a temporary judgeship created by 
        this subsection, shall not be filled.
    (c) 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 North Carolina in 
such table is amended to read as follows:

``North Carolina:
    Eastern.................................................         4 
    Middle..................................................         4 
    Western.................................................      4.''.

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.
                                 <all>