A bill to provide for improvements in the administration of justice and greater efficiency in the Federal appellate courts, and for other purposes.
Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1979 - Title I: Terms of Chief Judges - Sets forth rules governing the appointment and terms of the chief judges of the courts of appeals and the district courts. Reduces from 70 to 65 years the maximum age for the chief judge of a circuit or district court, with specified exceptions.
Title II: Appellate Panels - Makes certain revision with respect to the composition of, and precedence on, judicial panels.
Title III: Pensions - Directs the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to pay to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund the amount due as a deposit for a period of judicial service which immediately precedes government service.
Title IV: Transfer of Cases - Directs a Federal court to transfer any action with respect to which it finds a want of jurisdiction to any other appropriate Federal court, if it is in the interests of justice.
Title V: Interest - Revises the interest rate allowed on money judgments in district courts, and authorizes the court to add to the sum of actual damages prejudgment interest.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
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