[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4089 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4089

   To create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2009

 Mr. Costa (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Ms. Hirono, 
  Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Terry, and Ms. 
   Sutton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS FOR DISTRICT COURTS.

    (a) Additional Temporary Judgeships.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall appoint, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate--
                    (A) 1 additional district judge for the eastern 
                district of California; and
                    (B) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
                Nebraska.
            (2) Vacancies not filled.--The first vacancy in the office 
        of district judge in each of the judicial districts named in 
        this subsection, occurring 10 years or more after the 
        confirmation date of the judge named to fill the temporary 
        district judgeship created in the applicable judicial district 
        by this subsection, shall not be filled.
    (b) Extension of Certain Temporary Judgeships.--Section 203(c) of 
the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 
133 note) is amended--
            (1) in the third sentence (relating to the district of 
        Kansas), by striking ``18 years'' and inserting ``26 years'';
            (2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the northern 
        district of Ohio), by striking ``18 years'' and inserting ``25 
        years''; and
            (3) in the seventh sentence (relating to the district of 
        Hawaii), by striking ``15 years'' and inserting ``20 years''.
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