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<bill bill-stage="Introduced-in-Senate" public-private="public">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<congress>110th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 476</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20070201">February 1, 2007</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S153">Mr. Grassley</sponsor> (for
			 himself and <cosponsor name-id="S261">Mr. Sessions</cosponsor>) introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the
			 Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To amend chapter 3 of title 28, United
		  States Code, to provide for 11 circuit judges on the United States Court of
		  Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID014B4394935947049704ECFE00094235" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Judges on the United States
			 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit</header>
			<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID571E8884AF9D4E46B013FAE059FA45FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table under
			 section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item
			 relating to the District of Columbia and inserting the following:</text>
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							<row><entry colname="I60">“District of Columbia</entry><entry colname="I52">11”.</entry>
							</row>
						</tbody>
					</tgroup>
				</table>
			</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD6806C6FB7F3420E9900612EB8000400"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing
			 vacancy not filled</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order
			 to comply with the amendment made under subsection (a), 1 of the vacancies of
			 circuit judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of
			 Columbia Circuit which existed on the date preceding the date of the enactment
			 of this Act, shall not be filled.</text>
			</subsection></section></legis-body>
</bill>
