I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3518 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial 
districts. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Mr. SAXTON) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey 
into 2 judicial districts. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF 2 DISTRICTS IN NEW JER-
SEY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) CREATION.—Section 110 of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 110. New Jersey 
‘‘New Jersey is divided into 2 judicial districts to be 
known as the Northern and Southern Districts of New 
Jersey. 
‘‘Northern District 
‘‘(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of 
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, Sus-
sex, and Union. 
‘‘Court for the Northern District shall be held at Newark. 
‘‘Southern District 
‘‘(b) The Southern District comprises the counties of 
Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, 
Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, 
Salem, Somerset, and Warren. 
‘‘Court for the Southern District shall be held at Camden 
and Trenton.’’. 
(2) JUDGESHIPS.—The item relating to New 
Jersey in the table set forth in section 133(a) of title 
28, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘New Jersey: 
‘‘Northern ..........................................................................................
‘‘Southern ...........................................................................................
7’’. 
(3) BANKRUPTCY JUDGESHIPS.—The item re-
lating to New Jersey in the table set forth in section 
152(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘New Jersey: 
‘‘Northern ..........................................................................................
‘‘Southern ...........................................................................................
4’’. 
(b) DISTRICT JUDGES, BANKRUPTCY JUDGES, MAG-
ISTRATE JUDGES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, UNITED 
STATES MARSHAL, AND FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER.— 
(1) TRANSFER OF DISTRICT JUDGES.—(A) Any 
district judge of the District Court of New Jersey 
who is holding office on the day before the effective 
date of this Act and whose official duty station is in 
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, 
Sussex, or Union County shall, on and after such ef-
fective date, be a district judge for the Northern 
District of New Jersey. Any district judge of the 
District Court of New Jersey who is holding office 
on the day before the effective date of this Act and 
whose official duty station is in Atlantic, Burlington, 
Camden, 
Cape 
May, 
Cumberland, 
Gloucester, 
Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Som-
erset, or Warren County shall, on and after such ef-
fective date, be a district judge of the Southern Dis-
trict of New Jersey. 
(B) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a judgeship 
in either judicial district of New Jersey, the vacancy 
shall first be offered to those judges appointed be-
fore the enactment of this Act and in active service 
in the other judicial district of New Jersey at the
time of the vacancy, and of those judges wishing to 
fill the vacancy, the judge most senior in service 
shall fill that vacancy. In such a case, the President 
shall appoint a judge to fill the vacancy resulting in 
the district of New Jersey from which such judge 
left office. 
(2) TRANSFER
OF
BANKRUPTCY
AND
MAG-
ISTRATE JUDGES.—Any bankruptcy judge or mag-
istrate judge of the District Court of New Jersey 
who is holding office on the day before the effective 
date of this Act and whose official duty station is in 
Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic, 
Sussex, or Union County shall, on and after such ef-
fective date, be a bankruptcy judge or magistrate 
judge, as the case may be, for the Northern District 
of New Jersey. Any bankruptcy judge or magistrate 
judge of the District Court of New Jersey who is 
holding office on the day before the effective date of 
this Act and whose official duty station is in Atlan-
tic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, 
Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, 
Salem, Somerset, or Warren County shall, on and 
after such effective date, be a bankruptcy judge or 
magistrate judge, as the case may be, of the South-
ern District of New Jersey.
(3) 
UNITED
STATES
ATTORNEY, 
UNITED 
STATES
MARSHAL, 
AND
FEDERAL
PUBLIC
DE-
FENDER.— 
(A) THOSE IN OFFICE.—This section and 
the amendments made by this section shall not 
affect the tenure of office of the United States 
attorney, the United States marshal, and the 
Federal Public Defender, for the District of 
New Jersey who are in office on the effective 
date of this Act, except that such individuals 
shall be the United States attorney, the United 
States marshal, and the Federal Public De-
fender, respectively, for the Northern District of 
New Jersey as of such effective date. 
(B) APPOINTMENTS.—The President shall 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, a United States attorney and a 
United States marshal for the Southern Dis-
trict of New Jersey. The Court of Appeals for 
the Third Circuit shall appoint a Federal Public 
Defender for the Southern District of New Jer-
sey. 
(4) PENDING CASES NOT AFFECTED.—This sec-
tion and the amendments made by this section shall 
not affect any action commenced before the effective