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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 272
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mr. GONZALEZ (for himself, Mr. ORTIZ, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. REYES,
Mr. FILNER, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. PASTOR) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district
judges, 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. SOUTHWEST BORDER JUDGESHIPS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Southwest Border Judgeship Act of 2001’’.
(b) 
DISTRICT
JUDGES
FOR
THE
DISTRICT
COURTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate—
(A) 5 additional district judges for the
southern district of California;
(B) 1 additional district judge for the dis-
trict of New Mexico;
(C) 1 additional district judge for the
southern district of Texas; and
(D) 2 additional district judges for the
western district of Texas.
(2) 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 paragraph (1)
of this subsection, such table is amended—
(A) by striking the item relating to Cali-
fornia and inserting the following:
‘‘California:
Northern ...........................................................................................
Eastern .............................................................................................
Central ..............................................................................................
Southern ............................................................................................
13’’;
(B) by striking the item relating to New
Mexico and inserting the following:
‘‘New Mexico .............................................................................................
7’’;
and
(C) by striking the item relating to Texas
and inserting the following:
‘‘Texas:
Northern ...........................................................................................
Southern ............................................................................................
Eastern .............................................................................................
Western .............................................................................................
13’’.
(c) TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.—The President shall
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate—
(1) 4 additional district judges for the district
of Arizona;
(2) 3 additional district judges for the southern
district of California;
(3) 1 additional district judge for the district of
New Mexico; and
(4) 1 additional district judge for the western
district of Texas.
For the district of Arizona, the first 4 vacancies arising
on the district court 7 years or more after judges are first
confirmed to fill all 4 temporary district judgeships cre-
ated in that district by this subsection shall not be filled.
For the southern district of California, the first 3 vacan-
cies arising on the district court 7 years or more after
judges are first confirmed to fill all 3 temporary district
judgeships created in that district by this subsection shall
not be filled. For each of the other judicial districts named
in this subsection, the first vacancy arising on the district
court 7 years or more after a judge is first confirmed to
fill the temporary district judgeship created in that district
by this subsection shall not be filled.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including
such sums as may be necessary to provide appropriate
space and facilities for the judicial positions created by
this Act.
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