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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 147

To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges, and

for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 23, 2001

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. KYL, Mr. BINGAMAN,

Mrs. BOXER, and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district

judges, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SOUTHWEST BORDER JUDGESHIPS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2001’’.

6 (b) DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT

7 COURTS.—

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint,

9 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate—
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1 (A) 5 additional district judges for the

2 southern district of California;

3 (B) 1 additional district judge for the dis4 trict of New Mexico;

5 (C) 1 additional district judge for the

6 southern district of Texas; and

7 (D) 2 additional district judges for the

8 western district of Texas.

9 (2) TABLES.—In order that the table contained

10 in section 133 of title 28, United States Code, will,

11 with respect to each judicial district, reflect the

12 changes in the total number of permanent district

13 judgeships authorized as a result of paragraph (1)

14 of this subsection, such table is amended—

15 (A) by striking the item relating to Cali16 fornia and inserting the following:

‘‘California:

Northern ........................................................................................... 14

Eastern ............................................................................................. 6

Central .............................................................................................. 27

Southern ............................................................................................ 13’’;

17 (B) by striking the item relating to New

18 Mexico and inserting the following:

‘‘New Mexico ............................................................................................. 7’’;

19 and

20 (C) by striking the item relating to Texas

21 and inserting the following:

‘‘Texas:

Northern ........................................................................................... 12
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Southern ............................................................................................ 20

Eastern ............................................................................................. 7

Western ............................................................................................. 13’’.

1 (c) TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.—The President shall

2 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the

3 Senate—

4 (1) 4 additional district judges for the district

5 of Arizona;

6 (2) 3 additional district judges for the southern

7 district of California;

8 (3) 1 additional district judge for the district of

9 New Mexico; and

10 (4) 1 additional district judge for the western

11 district of Texas.

12 For the district of Arizona, the first 4 vacancies arising

13 on the district court 7 years or more after judges are first

14 confirmed to fill all 4 temporary district judgeships cre15 ated in that district by this subsection shall not be filled.

16 For the southern district of California, the first 3 vacan17 cies arising on the district court 7 years or more after

18 judges are first confirmed to fill all 3 temporary district

19 judgeships created in that district by this subsection shall

20 not be filled. For each of the other judicial districts named

21 in this subsection, the first vacancy arising on the district

22 court 7 years or more after a judge is first confirmed to

23 fill the temporary district judgeship created in that district

24 by this subsection shall not be filled.
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1 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

3 necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including

4 such sums as may be necessary to provide appropriate

5 space and facilities for the judicial positions created by

6 this Act.

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