‘‘or the District Court of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘, the Dis-
trict Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the 
District Court of the Virgin Islands’’ and inserting 
‘‘or the District Court of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’. 
(g) AUTHORITY
OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Section 
526(a)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘and of the district court of the Virgin Islands’’. 
(h) COURTS DEFINED.—Section 610 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the United States District Court 
for the District of the Canal Zone,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the District Court of the Virgin 
Islands,’’. 
(i) UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGES.—Section 
631(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the Virgin 
Islands, Guam,’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘the Vir-
gin Islands, Guam,’’ and inserting ‘‘Guam’’. 
(j) COURT REPORTERS.—Section 753(a) of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, the United 
States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone,
the District Court of Guam, and the District Court of the 
Virgin Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘and the District Court of 
Guam’’. 
(k) FINAL DECISIONS OF DISTRICT COURTS.—Section 
1291 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘, the United States District Court for the District of the 
Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District 
Court of the Virgin Islands,’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Dis-
trict Court of Guam,’’. 
(l) INTERLOCUTORY DECISIONS.—Section 1292 of title 
28, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, the United 
States District Court for the District of the Canal 
Zone, the District Court of Guam, and the District 
Court of the Virgin Islands,’’ and inserting ‘‘and the 
District Court of Guam,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(4)(A), by striking ‘‘the Dis-
trict Court of the Virgin Islands,’’. 
(m) JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT.—Section 1295(a) of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (1) 
and (2)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the United States District Court 
for the District of the Canal Zone,’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the District Court of the Virgin 
Islands,’’. 
(n) 
UNITED
STATES
AS
DEFENDANT.—Section 
1346(b)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘, together with the United States District Court 
for the District of the Canal Zone and the District Court 
of the Virgin Islands,’’. 
(o) ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF DEFENDANTS.— 
Section 3006A(j) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘the District Court of the Virgin Islands,’’. 
(p) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) TENURE OF INCUMBENT JUDGES.—A judge of 
the District Court of the Virgin Islands in office on 
the effective date of this section shall continue in office 
until the expiration of the term for which the judge 
was appointed, or until the judge dies, resigns, or is 
removed from office, whichever occurs first. When a 
vacancy occurs on the court on or after the effective 
date of this section, the President, in accordance with 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, shall 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, a district judge for the District of the Virgin 
Islands. 
(2) RETIREMENT RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—The 
amendments made by this section shall not affect the
rights under sections 373 and 376 of title 28, United 
States Code, of any judge of the District Court of the 
Virgin Islands who retires on or before the effective 
date of this section or who continues in office after 
that date under paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
Service as a judge of the District Court of the Virgin 
Islands appointed under section 24 of the Revised Or-
ganic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1614) shall 
be included in calculating service under sections 371 
and 372 of title 28, United States Code, and shall not 
be counted for purposes of section 373 of that title, if 
the judge is reappointed, after the effective date of this 
section, under section 133(a) of title 28, United States 
Code, as district judge for the District of the Virgin 
Islands. 
(q) AMENDMENTS TO REVISED ORGANIC ACT OF THE 
VIRGIN ISLANDS.— 
(1) REPEALS.—Sections 24, 25, 26, and 27 of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1614, 1615, 1616 and 1617) are repealed. 
(2) RIGHTS AND PROHIBITIONS.—Section 3 of 
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 
U.S.C. 1561) is amended in the 23d undesignated 
paragraph—