S 878 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

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

Introduced Apr 10, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Larry E. Craig R-ID

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 6, 2004 Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 10, 2003
Passed SenateMay 22, 2003
Passed HouseOct 5, 2004
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 493	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Failed190–216	Oct 5, 2004

House 492	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Agreed to205–194	Oct 5, 2004

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to May 22, 2003, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ID	Mike Crapo	Original	Apr 10, 2003
R-NE	Chuck Hagel		May 20, 2003
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		May 21, 2003
D-NE	Ben Nelson		May 22, 2003

Actions 37

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 6, 2004Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill.
Oct 5, 2004Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 814. (consideration: CR H8048-8063; text of measure as reported in House: CR H8051-8052)
Oct 5, 2004DEBATE - 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, 2004DEBATE - 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, 2004Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions.

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Related bills 1

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 814	Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 878) to authorize an additional permanent judgeship in the district of Idaho, and for other purposes.	Procedurally related	Oct 5, 2004

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