I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3632 
To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal courts, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. 
SMITH of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide improvements for the operations of the Federal 
courts, 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 Judiciary Ad-
ministrative Improvements Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. SENIOR JUDGE GOVERNANCE CORRECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 631(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘(including any judge in regular active service’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘was appointed)’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. REVISION OF STATUTORY DESCRIPTION OF THE 
DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 114 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 114. North Dakota 
‘‘North Dakota constitutes one judicial district. 
‘‘Court shall be held at Bismarck, Fargo, 
Grand Forks, and Minot.’’. 
(b) CURRENT CASES AND JURIES NOT AFFECTED.— 
(1) PENDING
CASES
NOT
AFFECTED.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect 
any action commenced before the effective date 
under subsection (c) and pending in the United 
States District Court for the District of North Da-
kota on such date. 
(2) JURIES NOT AFFECTED.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall not affect the composi-
tion, or preclude the service, of any grand or petit 
jury summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in 
the Judicial District of North Dakota on the effec-
tive date under subsection (c). 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section shall take effect 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. DISABILITY RETIREMENT AND COST-OF-LIVING AD-
JUSTMENTS 
OF 
ANNUITIES 
FOR 
TERRI-
TORIAL JUDGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 373 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph 
(4) to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Any senior judge performing judicial duties pur-
suant to recall under paragraph (2) of this subsection 
shall be paid, while performing such duties, the same com-
pensation (in lieu of the annuity payable under this sec-
tion) and the same allowances for travel and other ex-
penses as a judge on active duty with the court being 
served.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e)(1) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the 
District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the 
District Court of the Virgin Islands who is not reappointed 
(as judge of such court) shall be entitled, upon attaining 
the age of 65 years or upon relinquishing office if the 
judge is then beyond the age of 65 years— 
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‘‘(A) if the judicial service of such judge, con-
tinuous or otherwise, aggregates 15 years or more, 
to receive during the remainder of the life of such 
judge an annuity equal to the salary received when 
the judge left office; or 
‘‘(B) if such judicial service, continuous or oth-
erwise, aggregates less than 15 years, to receive dur-
ing the remainder of the life of such judge an annu-
ity equal to that proportion of such salary that the 
aggregate number of years of service of such judge 
bears to 15. 
‘‘(2) Any judge of the District Court of Guam, the 
District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the 
District Court of the Virgin Islands who has served at 
least 5 years, continuously or otherwise, and who retires 
or is removed upon the sole ground of mental or physical 
disability, shall be entitled to receive during the remainder 
of the life of such judge an annuity equal to 40 percent 
of the salary received when the judge left office or, in the 
case of a judge who has served at least 10 years, continu-
ously or otherwise, an annuity equal to that proportion 
of such salary that the aggregate number of years of judi-
cial service of such judge bears to 15.’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
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