[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3998 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3998

To provide for the permanent appointment of certain temporary district 
                              judgeships.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2024

Mr. Cruz (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Butler, 
 Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Schmitt, 
Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Graham, 
Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was 
       read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the permanent appointment of certain temporary district 
                              judgeships.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act 
of 2024''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS IN THE DISTRICT COURTS.

    (a) Existing Judgeships.--The existing judgeships for the district 
of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri 
authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) and the existing judgeships 
for the northern district of Alabama, the district of Arizona, the 
central district of California, the southern district of Florida, the 
district of New Mexico, the western district of North Carolina, and the 
eastern district of Texas authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st 
Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 
Law 107-273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) shall, as of the effective date of 
this Act, be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States 
Code, and the incumbents in those offices shall hold the office under 
section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act.
    (b) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each judicial 
district, reflect the changes in the total number of permanent district 
judgeships authorized as a result of subsection (a) of this section, 
such table is amended--
            (1) by striking the items relating to Alabama and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Alabama:
  Northern.............................  8
  Middle...............................  3
  Southern.............................  3'';
 

            (2) by striking the item relating to Arizona and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Arizona............................  13'';
 

            (3) by striking the items relating to California and 
        inserting the following:


  ``California:
  Northern.............................  14
  Eastern..............................  6
  Central..............................  28
  Southern.............................  13'';
 

            (4) by striking the items relating to Florida and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Florida:
  Northern.............................  4
  Middle...............................  15
  Southern.............................  18'';
 

            (5) by striking the item relating to Hawaii and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Hawaii.............................  4'';
 

            (6) by striking the item relating to Kansas and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Kansas.............................  6'';
 

            (7) by striking the items relating to Missouri and 
        inserting the following:


  ``Missouri:
  Eastern..............................  7
  Western..............................  5
  Eastern and Western..................  2'';
 

            (8) by striking the item relating to New Mexico and 
        inserting the following:


  ``New Mexico.........................  7'';
 

            (9) by striking the items relating to North Carolina and 
        inserting the following:


  ``North Carolina:
  Eastern..............................  4
  Middle...............................  4
  Western..............................  5''; and
 

            (10) by striking the items relating to Texas and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Texas:
  Northern.............................  12
  Southern.............................  19
  Eastern..............................  8
  Western..............................  13''.
 

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
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