[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3953 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3953

To authorize 4 permanent and 1 temporary additional judgeships for the 
 middle district of Florida, and 3 additional permanent judgeships for 
                   the southern district of Florida.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2005

Ms. Harris (for herself and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize 4 permanent and 1 temporary additional judgeships for the 
 middle district of Florida, and 3 additional permanent judgeships for 
                   the southern district of Florida.

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

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) population growth in Florida is increasing at almost 
        double the national rate, and 15.5 percent of the population 
        growth in the United States over the next 25 years is expected 
        to occur in Florida; and
            (2) this rapid population growth in the middle and southern 
        judicial districts of Florida continues to exert tremendous 
        pressure on the Federal court system: in fiscal year 2004, 
        weighted case filings per judgeship in the middle district of 
        Florida were 47.7 percent above the standard set by the 
        Judicial Conference, and weighted case filings per judgeship in 
        the southern district of Florida were 19.3 percent above the 
        Judicial Conference standard.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS.

    (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) 3 additional district judges for the southern district 
        of Florida.
    (b) Temporary Judgeship.--The first vacancy in the office of 
district judge in the middle district of Florida, occurring 10 years or 
more after the confirmation date of the last of the judges named to 
fill the judgeships created by subsection (a), shall not be filled.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--In order that the table contained in 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will reflect the 
additional permanent judgeships created by this section, the item 
relating to Florida in such table is amended to read as follows:

``Florida:
    Northern................................................         4 
    Middle..................................................        19 
    Southern................................................       6''.
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