HR 409 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.

Introduced Feb 6, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Robert E. Andrews D-NJ

Latest action · Feb 12, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 6, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Federal judicial code to establish two judicial districts in New Jersey (currently, one), the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of judgeships, including bankruptcy judgeships, among those districts.

Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey.

Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and Federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Southern District of New Jersey.

Specifies that neither pending cases nor juries shall be affected.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 6, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Feb 6, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Feb 6, 2001

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 6, 2001
	Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee	Referred Feb 12, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 12, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Feb 6, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 6, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 273	A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.	Identical bill	Feb 7, 2001

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 6, 2001Introduced in House

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