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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1302 

To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent 

judgeships, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2017 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. UDALL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. NELSON) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to 

permanent judgeships, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Judgeship 

5 Conversion Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The existing judgeships for the 

8 district of Kansas and the eastern district of Missouri au9 thorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 

10 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) 


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1 and the existing judgeships for the eastern district of 

2 Texas, the district of Arizona, the central district of Cali3 fornia, the southern district of Florida, the western dis4 trict of North Carolina, and the district of New Mexico 

5 authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Depart6 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 

7 Law 107–273, 28 U.S.C. 133 note), as of the effective 

8 date of this Act, shall be authorized under section 133 

9 of title 28, United States Code, and the incumbents in 

10 those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of title 

11 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 

12 (b) TABLES.—In order that the table contained in 

13 section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with 

14 respect to each judicial district, reflect the changes in the 

15 total number of permanent district judgeships authorized 

16 as a result of subsection (a)— 

17 (1) the item relating to Arizona is amended to 

18 read as follows: 

‘‘Arizona ................................................................. 13’’; 

19 (2) the item relating to California is amended 

20 to read as follows: 

‘‘California: 

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

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

Central .................................................................... 28 

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


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1 (3) the item relating to Florida is amended to 

2 read as follows: 

‘‘Florida: 

Northern ................................................................. 4 

Middle ..................................................................... 15 

Southern ................................................................. 18’’; 

3 (4) the item relating to Kansas is amended to 

4 read as follows: 

‘‘Kansas .................................................................. 6’’; 

5 (5) the item relating to Missouri is amended to 

6 read as follows: 

‘‘Missouri: 

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

Western .................................................................. 5 

Eastern and Western ............................................. 2’’; 

7 (6) the item relating to New Mexico is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

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

9 (7) the item relating to North Carolina is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘North Carolina: 

Eastern ................................................................... 4 

Middle ..................................................................... 4 

Western .................................................................. 5’’; 

11 and 

12 (8) by striking the item relating to Texas and 

13 inserting the following: 

‘‘Texas: 

Northern ................................................................. 12 

Southern ................................................................. 19 

Eastern ................................................................... 8 

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


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1 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

3 take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

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