[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 2943

  To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to 
 create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 8, 2004

   Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Hagel, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Nelson of 
  Nebraska, Mr. Inouye, and Mr. Akaka) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to 
 create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska, 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. CONVERSION OF TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS TO PERMANENT JUDGESHIPS.

    (a) In General.--The existing district judgeships for the eastern 
district of California, the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, 
and the eastern district of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) 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 those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code (as amended by this Act).
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table contained in 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the item relating to the eastern district of 
        California by striking ``6'' and inserting ``7'';
            (2) in the item relating to Hawaii by striking ``3'' and 
        inserting ``4'';
            (3) in the item relating to Kansas by striking ``5'' and 
        inserting ``6''; and
            (4) in the item relating to the eastern district of 
        Missouri by striking ``6'' and inserting ``7''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA.

    (a) Additional Permanent District Judgeship.--The President shall 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional 
district judge for the district of Nebraska.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--In order that the table 
under section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will reflect the 
change in the number of permanent judgeships authorized for the 
district of Nebraska by subsection (a), such table is amended by 
striking the item relating to Nebraska and inserting the following:

 ``Nebraska.................................................      4.''.
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