I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5675 
To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent 
judgeships, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2016 
Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CALVERT, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. YOHO, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. YODER, and Mr. TAKANO) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to 
permanent judgeships, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Judgeship 
Conversion Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The existing judgeships for the 
district of Kansas and the eastern district of Missouri au-
thorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 
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Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) 
and the existing judgeships for the eastern district of 
Texas, the district of Arizona, the central district of Cali-
fornia, the southern district of Florida, the northern dis-
trict of Alabama, the western district of North Carolina, 
and the district of New Mexico authorized by section 
312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appro-
priations Authorization Act (Public Law 107–273, 28 
U.S.C. 133 note), as of the effective date of this Act, shall 
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(a) 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)— 
(1) the item relating to Alabama is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Alabama: 
Northern .................................................................
Middle .....................................................................
Southern .................................................................
3’’; 
(2) the item relating to Arizona is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Arizona .................................................................
13’’; 
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(3) the item relating to California is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘California: 
Northern .................................................................
Eastern ...................................................................
Central ....................................................................
Southern .................................................................
13’’; 
(4) the item relating to Florida is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Florida: 
Northern .................................................................
Middle .....................................................................
Southern .................................................................
18’’; 
(5) the item relating to Kansas is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Kansas ..................................................................
6’’; 
(6) the item relating to Missouri is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘Missouri: 
Eastern ...................................................................
Western ..................................................................
Eastern and Western .............................................
2’’; 
(7) the item relating to New Mexico is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘New Mexico ..........................................................
7’’; 
(8) the item relating to North Carolina is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘North Carolina: 
Eastern ...................................................................
Middle .....................................................................
Western ..................................................................
5’’; 
and 
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(9) by striking the item relating to Texas and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Texas: 
Northern .................................................................
Southern .................................................................
Eastern ...................................................................
Western ..................................................................
13’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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