Temporary Judgeship Conversion Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 3086 To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES DECEMBER 18, 2019 Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. ROBERTS, and Ms. SINEMA) 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Judgeship 4 Conversion Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The existing judgeships for the 7 district of Kansas and the eastern district of Missouri au- 8 thorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements 9 Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 note) 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Dec 26, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3086.IS S3086 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3086 IS and the existing judgeships for the eastern district of 1 Texas, the district of Arizona, the central district of Cali- 2 fornia, the southern district of Florida, the western dis- 3 trict of North Carolina, and the district of New Mexico 4 authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Depart- 5 ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 6 Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), as of the effective 7 date of this Act, shall be authorized under section 133 8 of title 28, United States Code, and the incumbents in 9 those offices shall hold the office under section 133 of title 10 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act. 11 (b) TABLES.—In order that the table contained in 12 section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with 13 respect to each judicial district, reflect the changes in the 14 total number of permanent district judgeships authorized 15 as a result of subsection (a)— 16 (1) the item relating to Arizona is amended to 17 read as follows: 18 ‘‘Arizona ................................................................. 13’’; (2) the item relating to California is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 ‘‘California: Northern ................................................................. 14 Eastern ................................................................... 6 Central .................................................................... 28 Southern ................................................................. 13’’; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Dec 26, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3086.IS S3086 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3086 IS (3) the item relating to Florida is amended to 1 read as follows: 2 ‘‘Florida: Northern ................................................................. 4 Middle ..................................................................... 15 Southern ................................................................. 18’’; (4) the item relating to Kansas is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 ‘‘Kansas .................................................................. 6’’; (5) the item relating to Missouri is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 ‘‘Missouri: Eastern ................................................................... 7 Western .................................................................. 5 Eastern and Western ............................................. 2’’; (6) the item relating to New Mexico is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 ‘‘New Mexico .......................................................... 7’’; (7) the item relating to North Carolina is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 ‘‘North Carolina: Eastern ................................................................... 4 Middle ..................................................................... 4 Western .................................................................. 5’’; and 11 (8) by striking the item relating to Texas and 12 inserting the following: 13 ‘‘Texas: Northern ................................................................. 12 Southern ................................................................. 19 Eastern ................................................................... 8 Western .................................................................. 13’’. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Dec 26, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3086.IS S3086 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 3086 IS SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 2 take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:18 Dec 26, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3086.IS S3086 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with BILLS