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Union Calendar No. 204 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4093 
[Report No. 109–373] 
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district 
judges, to improve the administration of justice, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 20, 2005 
Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. SIMPSON) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
FEBRUARY 8, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. FEENEY, Mr. OTTER, Mr. KELLER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. 
BACHUS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. HASTINGS of Wash-
ington, Mr. MCCOTTER, and Mr. MCHENRY 
FEBRUARY 8, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 20, 2005] 
A BILL 
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
and district judges, to improve the administration of 
justice, 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 ‘‘Federal Judgeship and 
Administrative Efficiency Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Circuit judges for the circuit courts of appeals. 
Sec. 103. District judges for the district courts. 
Sec. 104. Establishment of article III court in the Virgin Islands. 
Sec. 105. Effective date. 
TITLE II—BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Authorization for additional bankruptcy judgeships. 
Sec. 203. Temporary bankruptcy judgeships. 
Sec. 204. Conversion of existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships. 
Sec. 205. General provisions. 
Sec. 206. Effective date. 
TITLE III—NINTH CIRCUIT REORGANIZATION 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Number and composition of circuits. 
Sec. 304. Number of circuit judges. 
Sec. 305. Places of circuit court. 
Sec. 306. Assignment of circuit judges. 
Sec. 307. Election of assignment by senior judges. 
Sec. 308. Seniority of judges. 
Sec. 309. Application to cases. 
Sec. 310. Temporary assignment of circuit judges among circuits. 
Sec. 311. Temporary assignment of district judges among circuits. 
Sec. 312. Administration. 
Sec. 313. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE I—CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT 
JUDGESHIPS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Judgeship Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 102. CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF 
APPEALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 
(1) 1 additional circuit judge for the first circuit 
court of appeals; 
(2) 2 additional circuit judges for the second cir-
cuit court of appeals; 
(3) 1 additional circuit judge for the sixth cir-
cuit court of appeals; and 
(4) 5 additional circuit judges for the ninth cir-
cuit court of appeals, whose official duty station shall 
be in California. 
(b) TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 
(A) 1 additional circuit judge for the eighth 
circuit court of appeals; and