A bill to amend the Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978 with respect to certain administrative matters arising from the redrawing of the Federal judicial district in the State of Illinois.
PL 96-4 (H.R.2301), enacted 03/30/1979

93 STAT. 6 
PUBLIC LAW 96-4—MAR. 30, 1979 
Public Law 96-4 
96th Congress 
Mar. 30, 1979 
[H.R. 2301] 
Federal District 
Court 
Organization 
Act of 1978, 
amendment. 
28 u s e 133. 
28 u s e 93 note. 
An Act 
To amend the Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978 with respect 
to certain administrative matters arising from the redrawing of the Fed-
eral judicial districts in the State of Illinois. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 4 of the 
Federal District Court Organization Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 883) is 
amended by striking out paragraph (2) of subsection (b) and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: 
"(2) The district judge for the Eastern District of Illinois in office on 
the effective date of this Act who is senior in commission shall, on and 
after the effective date of this Act, be a district judge for the Southern 
District of Illinois. The remaining district judge for the Eastern 
District of Illinois who is in office on the effective date of this Act and 
the district judges for the Southern District of Illinois who are in 
office on the effective date of this Act shall, on and after the effective 
date of this Act, be district judges for the Central District of Illinois. 
The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, a second district judge for the Southern District of 
Illinois. 
"(3) This section does not in any manner affect the tenure of the 
United States attorney, the assistant United States attorneys, or the 
United States marshal for the Eastern District of Illinois or for the 
Southern District of Illinois who are in office on the effective date of 
this Act. The United States attorney, the assistant United States 
attorneys, and the United States marshal for the Eastern District and 
for the Southern District of Illinois shall, on the effective date of this 
Act, become the United States attorney, the assistant United States 
attorneys, and the United States marshal for the Southern District 
and for the Central District of Illinois, respectively. 
"(4) Notwithstanding section 3240 of title 18, United States Code, 
any grand jury impaneled on or after the effective date of this Act by 
a district court for the Central District or the Southern District of 
Illinois may inquire into and return indictments charging offenses 
against the criminal laws of the United States alleged to have been 
committed anywhere within the territory of the respective judicial 
districts as such districts were constituted before or after the effective 
date of this Act". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-4—MAR. 30, 1979 
93 STAT. 7 
SEC. 2. Section 6 of the Act entitled "An Act to amend title 28 of the 
United States Code to make certain changes in the divisions within 
judicial districts and in the places of holding court, and to require the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to 
conduct a study of the judicial business of the Central District of 
California and the Eastern District of New York", approved Novem-
ber 2,1978 (92 Stat. 2458), is amended by inserting "(D" immediately 28 use 93 note. 
after "(b)" and adding at the end thereof the following new 
paragraph: 
"(2) The provisions of the first section of this Act shall take effect on Effective date. 
March 31,1979.". 
Approved March 30, 1979. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 96-55 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
SENATE REPORT No. 96-34 accompanying S. 443 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): 
Mar. 22, considered and passed House; considered and passed Senate, in lieu of 
S. 443.