Southern California Federal Judgeship Act of 2001

Southern California Federal Judgeship Act of 2001 - Directs the President to appoint five additional district judges and three additional temporary district judges for the Southern District of California. Specifies that the first three vacancies occurring seven years or more after the confirmation date of all judges named to fill such temporary judgeships shall not be filled.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 261 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 261

To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in 
                  the Southern District of California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2001

   Mr. Cunningham (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Issa, and Mrs. Bono) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the appointment of additional Federal district judges in 
                  the Southern District of California.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Southern California Federal 
Judgeship Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, 5 additional district judges for the 
Southern District of California;
    (b) Temporary Judgeships.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall appoint, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate, 3 additional district 
        judges for the Southern District of California.
            (2) First vacancy not filled.--The first 3 vacancies in the 
        office of district judge in the Southern District of 
        California, occurring 7 years or more after the first date on 
        which all judges named to fill the temporary judgeships created 
        by this subsection have been confirmed, shall not be filled.
    (c) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section 133 of 
title 28, United States Code, reflects the changes in the total number 
of permanent district judgeships authorized by subsection (a) of this 
section, the item relating to California in such table is amended to 
read as follows:

        ``Southern.............................................  13.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, including such sums 
as may be necessary to provide appropriate space and facilities for the 
judicial positions created by this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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