To create additional Federal court judgeships.

Bill: 108-s-878
Sponsor: Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2003-04-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Advice and consent of the Senate
Alabama
Alaska
Appellate courts
Arizona
Arkansas
Bankruptcy courts
California
Colorado
Congress
Delaware
District courts
Finance and Financial Sector
Florida
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Judges
Judicial districts
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York State
North Carolina
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Presidential appointments
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Directs the President to appoint an additional district judge for the district of Idaho.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Directs the President to appoint additional district judges for Alabama (one), Arizona (two), California (four), Idaho (one), Iowa (one temporary), New York (two permanent and one temporary), South Carolina (one), and Utah (one). 
Converts a temporary judgeship to a permanent judgeship for: (1) the eastern district of California; and (2) the district of Nebraska.
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003 - Provides for the appointment of: (1) permanent additional bankruptcy judges in New York (two), Delaware (four), New Jersey (one), Pennsylvania (one), Maryland (three), North Carolina (one), South Carolina (one), Virginia (one), Michigan (two), Tennessee (two), Arkansas (one), Nevada (two), Utah (one), Florida (four), and Georgia (three); and (2) temporary bankruptcy judges in Puerto Rico (one), New York (one), Pennsylvania (one), Maryland (one), Mississippi (two), and Georgia (one). Sets forth provisions regarding filling vacancies in such offices and extending existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships in Alabama and Tennessee. 
Converts: (1) a bankruptcy judgeship currently shared by the southern and middle districts of Georgia to a bankruptcy judgeship for the middle district of Georgia; and (2) temporary bankruptcy judgeships authorized for Delaware and Puerto Rico to permanent bankruptcy judgeships.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the Senate on May 20, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
Directs the President to appoint additional district judges for Alabama (one), Arizona (two), California (four), Idaho (one), Iowa (one temporary), New York (two permanent and one temporary), South Carolina (one), and Utah (one).
Converts a temporary judgeship to a permanent judgeship for: (1) the eastern district of California; and (2) the district of Nebraska.
Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2003 - Provides for the appointment of: (1) permanent additional bankruptcy judges in New York (two), Delaware (four), New Jersey (one), Pennsylvania (one), Maryland (three), North Carolina (one), South Carolina (one), Virginia (one), Michigan (two), Tennessee (two), Arkansas (one), Nevada (two), Utah (one), Florida (four), and Georgia (three); and (2) temporary bankruptcy judges in Puerto Rico (one), New York (one), Pennsylvania (one), Maryland (one), Mississippi (two), and Georgia (one). Sets forth provisions regarding filling vacancies in such offices and extending existing temporary bankruptcy judgeships in Alabama and Tennessee. 
Converts: (1) a bankruptcy judgeship currently shared by the southern and middle districts of Georgia to a bankruptcy judgeship for the middle district of Georgia; and (2) temporary bankruptcy judgeships authorized for Delaware and Puerto Rico to permanent bankruptcy judgeships.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: 
Directs the President to appoint additional Federal district court judges for Alabama (two), Arizona (three), California (seven), Florida (six), Idaho (one), Missouri (one), Nebraska (one), New Mexico (two), New York (three), Oregon (one), South Carolina (one), Virginia (two), Utah (one), and Washington (one).
 
Converts temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships for the eastern district of California, the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri. 
 
Requires the President to appoint temporary district judges for California (six), Colorado (one), Florida (one), Illinois (one), Indiana (two), Iowa (one), New Mexico (one), and New York (two). 
 
Directs the President to appoint additional Federal circuit court judges for the First Circuit (one), Second Circuit (two), Sixth Circuit (one), and Ninth Circuit (five).
 
Requires the President to appoint two temporary circuit court judges for the Ninth Circuit.

action_date: 2004-10-05
text: 
Directs the President to appoint additional Federal district court judges for Alabama (two), Arizona (three), California (seven), Florida (six), Idaho (one), Missouri (one), Nebraska (one), New Mexico (two), New York (three), Oregon (one), South Carolina (one), Virginia (two), Utah (one), and Washington (one). Specifies the timing of such appointments.
 
Converts temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships for the eastern district of California, the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri. 
 
Requires the President to appoint temporary district judges for California (six), Colorado (one), Florida (one), Illinois (one), Indiana (two), Iowa (one), New Mexico (one), and New York (two). Specifies the timing of such appointments.
 
Directs the President to appoint additional Federal circuit court judges for the First Circuit (one), Second Circuit (two), Sixth Circuit (one), and Ninth Circuit (five).
 
Requires the President to appoint two temporary circuit court judges for the Ninth Circuit.
 
Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands), the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana), and Thirteenth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington State).
 
Requires the President to appoint, with the advise and consent of the Senate, five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit (not before January 21, 2005) and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit.
 
Specifies the locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.
 
Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits based on their current duty station. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment to any of the three new circuits.
 
Specifies the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act as follows: (1) proceedings in matters that have been submitted for decision shall continue without regard to this Act; (2) matters not yet submitted for decision must be transferred to the court to which they would have been submitted under this Act; and (3) proceedings on petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc that have been submitted or decided shall continue without regard to this Act.
 
Authorizes the temporary assignment of the circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits. Authorizes administrative coordination among any two contiguous circuits among the new circuits.
 
Directs that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-10-06
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On passage Passed by voice vote.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 190 - 216 (Roll no. 493).
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8062)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Mr. Berman moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary. (consideration: CR H8061-8063; text: CR H8061)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8061)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report S. 878.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 814 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Simpson amendment.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 814 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Sensenbrenner amendment.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on S. 878.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Ray LaHood to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 814 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Rule provides for consideration of S. 878 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 814. (consideration: CR H8048-8063; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8051-8052)
action_date: 2004-10-05
text: Rule H. Res. 814 passed House.
action_date: 2004-10-04
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 814 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 878 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 433.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-708.
action_date: 2004-09-29
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-708.
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2004-09-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2004-09-03
text: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Discharged.
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2003-06-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration:  CR S7065-7068; text as passed Senate:  CR S7067-7068; text of measure as reported in Senate:  CR S7066-7067)
action_date: 2003-05-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration:  CR S7065-7068; text as passed Senate:  CR S7067-7068; text of measure as reported in Senate:  CR S7066-7067)
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 102.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2003-05-15
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Introduced in Senate