[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1839 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1839

To authorize additional judgeships for the middle district and southern 
                          district of Florida.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 6, 2005

  Mr. Martinez (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize additional judgeships for the middle district and 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. 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) Technical and 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................................................      20''.
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