A bill to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the District of Idaho, and for other purposes.

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S 878

Introduced

Apr 10, 2003

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Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

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Advice and consent of the Senate Alabama Alaska Appellate courts Arizona Arkansas Bankruptcy courts California Colorado Congress Delaware District courts Finance and Financial Sector Florida Georgia Government Operations and Politics Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Judges Judicial districts Kansas Law Maryland Michigan Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York State North Carolina Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Pennsylvania Presidential appointments Puerto Rico South Carolina Tennessee Utah Virginia Washington State

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Directs the President to appoint additional Federal district court judges for Alabama (two), Arizona (three), California (seven), Florida (six), Idaho (one), Missouri (one), Nebraska (one), New Mexico (two), New York (three), Oregon (one), South Carolina (one), Virginia (two), Utah (one), and Washington (one). Specifies the timing of such appointments.

Converts temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships for the eastern district of California, the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri.

Requires the President to appoint temporary district judges for California (six), Colorado (one), Florida (one), Illinois (one), Indiana (two), Iowa (one), New Mexico (one), and New York (two). Specifies the timing of such appointments.

Directs the President to appoint additional Federal circuit court judges for the First Circuit (one), Second Circuit (two), Sixth Circuit (one), and Ninth Circuit (five).

Requires the President to appoint two temporary circuit court judges for the Ninth Circuit.

Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Mariana Islands), the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana), and Thirteenth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington State).

Requires the President to appoint, with the advise and consent of the Senate, five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit (not before January 21, 2005) and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit.

Specifies the locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.

Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits based on their current duty station. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment to any of the three new circuits.

Specifies the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act as follows: (1) proceedings in matters that have been submitted for decision shall continue without regard to this Act; (2) matters not yet submitted for decision must be transferred to the court to which they would have been submitted under this Act; and (3) proceedings on petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc that have been submitted or decided shall continue without regard to this Act.

Authorizes the temporary assignment of the circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits. Authorizes administrative coordination among any two contiguous circuits among the new circuits.

Directs that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.

Actions

Oct 6, 2004

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Oct 5, 2004

The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Oct 5, 2004

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 5, 2004

On passage Passed by voice vote.
Oct 5, 2004

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.
Oct 5, 2004

On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 190 - 216 (Roll no. 493).
Oct 5, 2004

The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8062)
Oct 5, 2004

Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions.
Oct 5, 2004

Mr. Berman moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary. (consideration: CR H8061-8063; text: CR H8061)
Oct 5, 2004

The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Oct 5, 2004

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8061)
Oct 5, 2004

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report S. 878.
Oct 5, 2004

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 814 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Simpson amendment.
Oct 5, 2004

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 814 the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Sensenbrenner amendment.
Oct 5, 2004

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on S. 878.
Oct 5, 2004

The Speaker designated the Honorable Ray LaHood to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Oct 5, 2004

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 814 and Rule XVIII.
Oct 5, 2004

Rule provides for consideration of S. 878 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Oct 5, 2004

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 814. (consideration: CR H8048-8063; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8051-8052)
Oct 5, 2004

Rule H. Res. 814 passed House.
Oct 4, 2004

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 814 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 878 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
Sep 29, 2004

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 433.
Sep 29, 2004

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-708.
Sep 9, 2004

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 9, 2004

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 3, 2004

Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Discharged.
Jun 25, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Jun 2, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 2, 2003

Received in the House.
Jun 2, 2003

Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 22, 2003

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7065-7068; text as passed Senate: CR S7067-7068; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7066-7067)
May 22, 2003

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7065-7068; text as passed Senate: CR S7067-7068; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S7066-7067)
May 20, 2003

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 102.
May 20, 2003

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Hatch with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
May 15, 2003

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Apr 10, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 10, 2003

Introduced in Senate

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