U.S.C. 41 note) shall not apply to the divisions established 
under this section. 
‘‘(e) CLERKS AND EMPLOYEES.—Section 711 shall 
apply to each division as though the division were a court 
of appeals. 
‘‘(f) PRECEDENT.—Except with respect to a decision 
of a Circuit Division described in subsection (b)(2)(C), the 
decision of one division is not binding on other divisions.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after the item related to 
section 49 the following: 
‘‘50. Divisions of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1294 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting after ‘‘sections’’ the following 
‘‘50’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER REPORT.—Not 
later than 8 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Judicial Center shall con-
duct a study on the effectiveness and the efficiency 
of the divisions of the Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit and submit to the Judicial Conference 
of the United States a report which includes the re-
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sults of the study, and information related to the ac-
tivities of the divisions. 
(2) JUDICIAL
CONFERENCE
OF
THE
UNITED 
STATES
RECOMMENDATIONS.—Not later than one 
year after receiving the report under paragraph (1), 
the Judicial Conference of the United States shall 
submit to Congress recommendations related to the 
divisional structure of the Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit, including whether such structure 
should be continued with or without modification. 
SEC. 3. CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF AP-
PEALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 5 addi-
tional circuit judges for the ninth circuit court of appeals. 
(b) TABLES.—ln order that the table contained in 
section 44 of title 28, United States Code, will, with re-
spect to each judicial circuit, reflect the changes in the 
total number of permanent circuit judgeships authorized 
as a result of subsection (a) of this section, such table 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Circuits 
Number 
of Judges 
District of Columbia .......................................................................
First ................................................................................................
Second ............................................................................................
Third ...............................................................................................
Fourth ............................................................................................
Fifth ...............................................................................................
Sixth ...............................................................................................
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‘‘Circuits 
Number 
of Judges 
Seventh ...........................................................................................
Eighth .............................................................................................
Ninth ..............................................................................................
Tenth ..............................................................................................
Eleventh ..........................................................................................
Federal ............................................................................................
12 ’’. 
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