[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1719 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1719

To amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the 
approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or 
            fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 14, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the 
approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or 
            fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT JUDGES IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS IN THE 
              STATE OF TEXAS.

    Section 134(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) The district judges of any district court in the 
        State of Texas may not reassign any district judge, whose duty 
        station is in a division with 3 or fewer judges, to a duty 
        station in another division of that district, without the 
        consent of all of the district judges of that district.''.
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