[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 193 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 193

   To create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 9, 2009

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Brownback, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Roberts, 
   Mr. Akaka, Mr. Voinovich, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Nelson of 
Nebraska, and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and 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 offices of district judge 
        authorized by 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 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 second sentence, by inserting ``the district of 
        Hawaii,'' after ``Pennsylvania,'';
            (2) in the third sentence (relating to the district of 
        Kansas), by striking ``17 years'' and inserting ``26 years'';
            (3) in the fifth sentence (relating to the northern 
        district of Ohio), by striking ``17 years'' and inserting ``25 
        years''; and
            (4) by inserting ``The first vacancy in the office of 
        district judge in the district of Hawaii occurring 20 years or 
        more after the confirmation date of the judge named to fill the 
        temporary judgeship created under this subsection shall not be 
        filled.'' after the sixth sentence.
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