Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-2314
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2015-11-19
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alabama

Arizona

California

Federal district courts

Florida

Judges

Kansas

Missouri

New Mexico

North Carolina

Texas
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill converts certain temporary U.S. district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified U.S. judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2314 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 19, 2015 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Udall , Mr. Roberts , Mrs. McCaskill , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Blunt , and Mr. Heinrich ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2015 . 2. District judges for the district courts (a) In general The existing judgeships for the district of Kansas and the eastern district of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–650 ; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) and the existing judgeships for the eastern district of Texas, the district of Arizona, the central district of California, the southern district of Florida, the northern district of Alabama, the western district of North Carolina, and the district of New Mexico authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act ( Public Law 107–273 , 28 U.S.C. 133 note), as of the effective date of this Act, shall be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, and the incumbents in those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act. (b) Tables In order that the table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each judicial district, reflect the changes in the total number of permanent district judgeships authorized as a result of subsection (a)— (1) the item relating to Alabama is amended to read as follows: Alabama: Northern 8 Middle 3 Southern 3 ; (2) the item relating to Arizona is amended to read as follows: Arizona 13 ; (3) the item relating to California is amended to read as follows: California: Northern 14 Eastern 6 Central 28 Southern 13 ; (4) the item relating to Florida is amended to read as follows: Florida: Northern 4 Middle 15 Southern 18 ; (5) the item relating to Kansas is amended to read as follows: Kansas 6 ; (6) the item relating to Missouri is amended to read as follows: Missouri: Eastern 7 Western 5 Eastern and Western 2 ; (7) the item relating to New Mexico is amended to read as follows: New Mexico 7 ; (8) the item relating to North Carolina is amended to read as follows: North Carolina: Eastern 4 Middle 4 Western 5 ; and (9) by striking the item relating to Texas and inserting the following: Texas: Northern 12 Southern 19 Eastern 8 Western 13 . 3. Effective date This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.