[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1583 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1583

 To convert 2 temporary Federal judgeships in the central and southern 
 districts of Illinois to permanent judgeships, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 1999

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To convert 2 temporary Federal judgeships in the central and southern 
 districts of Illinois to permanent judgeships, 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. DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS 
              OF ILLINOIS.

    (a) Conversion of Temporary Judgeships to Permanent Judgeships.--
The existing district judgeships for the central district and the 
southern district of Illinois authorized by section 203(c) (3) and (4) 
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 
incumbents in such offices shall hold the offices 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 Illinois and inserting the following:

``Illinois
    Northern................................................        22 
    Central.................................................         4 
    Southern................................................      4.''.
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