S. 3998 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

An Act 

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: 
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‘‘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’’. 
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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. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.