An Act to provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes
PL 89-372 (S.1666), enacted 03/18/1966

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PUBLIC LAW 89-372-MAR. 18, 1966 
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Public Law 89-372 
AN ACT 
March 18, 1966 
To provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, 
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and for other purposes. 
Additional cir-
cuit and district 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the Presi- ^
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dent shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, j^iTdgeT. 
two additional circuit judges for the fourth circuit, two additional 
circuit judges for the sixth circuit, one additional circuit judge for 
the seventh circuit, and one additional circuit judge for the eighth 
circuit. 
(b) In order that the table contained in section 44(a) of title 28 
of the United States Code will reflect the changes made by subsection 
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(a) of this section in the number of circuit judges for said circuits, 
such table is amended to read as follows with respect to said circuits: 
•'Circuits 
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Seventh 
8 
Eighth 
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(c) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, four additional circuit judges for the fifth 
circuit. 
The first four vacancies occurring in the office of circuit 
judge in said circuit shall not be filled. 
SEC. 2. (a) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, one district judge for the middle and southern 
districts of Alabama, one additional district judge for the district 
of Arizona, one additional district judge for the northern district of 
Florida, one additional district judge for the middle district of Flor-
ida, two additional district judges for the southern district of Florida, 
one additional district judge for the northern district of Illinois, one 
additional district judge for the southern district of Indiana, four 
additional district judges for the eastern district of Louisiana, one 
additional district judge for the district of Maryland, one additional 
district judge for the northern district of Mississippi, one additional 
district judge for the southern district of Mississippi, one additional 
district judge for the western district of New York, one additional 
district judge for the northern district of Ohio, one additional district 
judge for the southern district of Ohio, one additional district judge 
for the district of Rhode Island, two additional district judges for the 
southern district of Texas, one additional district judge for the western 
district of Texas, two additional district judges for the eastern district 
of Virginia, and one additional district judge for the district of 
Vermont. 
(b) The existing district judgeship for the northern, middle and ^'lo'-ida. 
southern districts of Florida heretofore provided for by section 133 
of title 28, United States Code, shall hereafter be a district judgeship 
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for the middle district of Florida only, and the present incumbent 
of such judgeship shall henceforth hold his office under section 133, as 
amended by this Act. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 84 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 
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tricts, revision. 
to read as follows: 
"§84. California 
"California is divided into four judicial districts to be known as 
the Northern, Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California. 
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"Northern District 
"(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of 
Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, 
Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa 
Cruz, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Sonoma. 
"Court for the Northern District shall be held at Eureka, 
Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose. 
"Eastern District 
"(b) The Eastern District comprises the counties of 
Alpme, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, 
Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mari-
posa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, 
Plumas, 
Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, 
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, 
Yolo, and Yuba. 
"Court for the Eastern District shall be held at Fresno, Red-
ding, and Sacramento. 
"Central District 
"(c) The Central District comprises the counties of Los 
Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis 
Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. 
"Court for the Central District shall be held at Los Angeles. 
"Southern District 
"(d) The Southern District comprises the counties of 
Imperial and San Diego. 
"Court for the Southern District shall be held at San Diego." 
(b) The two district judges for the northern district of California 
holding office on the day before the effective date of this section and 
whose official station is Sacramento shall, on and after such date, be 
district judges for the eastern district of California. 
All other dis-
trict judges for the northern district of California holding office on 
the day before the effective date of this section shall, on and after 
such date, be district judges for the northern district of California. 
(c) The district jud^e for the southern district of California, resid-
ing in the northern division thereof and holding office on the day 
before the effective date of this section, shall, on and after such date, 
be a district judge for the eastern district of California. 
The two 
district judges for the southern district of California holding office 
on the day before the effective date of this section and whose official 
station is San Diego shall, on and after such date, be the district 
judges for the southern district of California. 
All other district 
judges for the southern district of California holding office on the 
day before the effective date of this section shall, on and after such 
date, be district judges for the central district of California. 
(d) Nothing in this Act shall in any mamier affect the tenure of 
office of the United States attorney and the United States marshal 
for the northern district of California who are in office on the effec-
tive date of this section, and who shall be during the remainder of 
their present terms of office the United States attorney and marshal 
for such district as constituted by this Act. 
(e) Nothing in this Act shall in any manner affect the tenure of 
office of the United States attorney and the United States marshal 
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for the southern district of California who are in office on the effective 
date of this section, and who shall be during the remainder of their 
present terms of office the United States attorney and marshal for the 
central district of California. 
(f) 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 district of California. 
(g) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, a L^nited States attorney and a United States 
marshal for the eastern district of California. 
(h) The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, three additional district judges for the central 
district of California, and two additional district judges for the 
northern district of California. 
(i) The provisions of this section shall become effective six months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. In order that the table contained in section 133 of title 28, 
of the United States Code will reflect the changes made by sections 
2 and 3 of this Act in the number of permanent judgeships for certain 
districts, such table is amended to read as follows with respect to said 
districts: 
"Districts 
Judges 
Alabama: 
Middle and Southern 
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Arizona 
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California: 
Northern 
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Eastern 
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Central 
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Southern 
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Florida: 
Northern 
2 
Middle 
5 
Southern 
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Illinois: 
Northern 
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Indiana: 
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Southern 
4 
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Louisiana: 
Eastern 
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Maryland 
5 
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Mississippi: 
Northern 
2 
Southern 
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New York: 
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Western 
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Ohio: 
Northern 
7 
Southern 
4 
U.S. attorneys 
and U.S. marshals. 
Additional dis-
trict judges. 
Effective date. 
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'•Districts 
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Rhode Island 
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Texas: 
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Southern 
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Western 
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Vermont 
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Virginia: 
Eastern 
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Kansas. 
gj,^, g ^^^ 'pj^g Pfesideiit shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district 
of Kansas. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district judge 
in said district shall not be filled. 
Pennsylvania. 
^jj^ rpj^g President shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, three additional district judges for the eastern 
district of Pennsylvania. The first three vacancies occurring in the 
office of district judge in said district shall not be filled. 
Wisconsin. 
^^.^ 'pjjg Presideut shall appoint, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the eastern district 
of Wisconsin. The first vacancy occurring in the office of district 
judge in said district shall not be filled. 
Approved March 18, 1966. 
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Public Law 89-373 
March 23, 1966 
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To amend the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 and the 
Civil Service Retirement Act with regard to filing designation of beneficiary, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Federal employ- jj^^Q^ 
States of Amevica in Congress assembled. That the first item 
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Beneficiaries, 
ot the ordcr ot precedence in section 4 oi the Federal Employees 
68 Stat. 738. 
Qroup Life Insurance Act of 1954, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2093), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries as the employee may have 
designated by a signed and witnessed writing received prior to death 
in the employing office or, if insured because of receipt of annuity 
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provided in section 6(b) or 6(c) of this Act, in the Commission. For 
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ijiis purpose, a designation, change, or cancellation of beneficiary in 
a will or other document not so executed and filed shall have no force 
or effect;". 
benefits!"^"' 
SEC. 2. The first item of the order of precedence in section 11(c) of 
70 Stat. 755. 
the Civil Service Retirement Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 2261(c)), is 
amended to read as follows: 
"First, to the beneficiary or beneficiaries as the employee or Mem-
ber may have designated by a signed and witnessed writing received 
in the Commission prior to his death. 
For this purpose, a designation, 
change, or cancellation of beneficiary in a will or other document not 
so executed and filed shall have no force or effect;". 
Approved March 23, 1966. 
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