S.Amdt. 2320

SA 2320. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Cruz) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4638, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. TEMPORARY JUDGESHIPS IN THE DISTRICT COURTS.

(a) Existing Judgeships.--The existing judgeships for the
district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern
district of Missouri authorized by section 203(c) of the

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Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-650; 28
U.S.C. 133 note) and the existing judgeships for the northern
district of Alabama, the district of Arizona, the central
district of California, the southern district of Florida, the
district of New Mexico, the western district of North
Carolina, and the eastern district of Texas authorized by
section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice
Appropriations Authorization Act (Public Law 107-273; 28
U.S.C. 133 note) shall, as of the effective date of this
section, be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United
States Code, and the incumbents in those offices shall hold
the office under section 133 of title 28, United States Code,
as amended by this section.
(b) Tables.--In order that the table contained in section
133 of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to
each judicial district, reflect the changes in the total
number of permanent district judgeships authorized as a
result of subsection (a) of this section, such table is
amended--
(1) by striking the items relating to Alabama and inserting
the following:

``Alabama:
Northern.............................  8
Middle...............................  3
Southern.............................  3'';

(2) by striking the item relating to Arizona and inserting
the following:

``Arizona............................  13'';

(3) by striking the items relating to California and
inserting the following:

``California:
Northern.............................  14
Eastern..............................  6
Central..............................  28
Southern.............................  13'';

(4) by striking the items relating to Florida and inserting
the following:

``Florida:
Northern.............................  4
Middle...............................  15
Southern.............................  18'';

(5) by striking the item relating to Hawaii and inserting
the following:

``Hawaii.............................  4'';

(6) by striking the item relating to Kansas and inserting
the following:

``Kansas.............................  6'';

(7) by striking the items relating to Missouri and
inserting the following:

``Missouri:
Eastern..............................  7
Western..............................  5
Eastern and Western..................  2'';

(8) by striking the item relating to New Mexico and
inserting the following:

``New Mexico.........................  7'';

(9) by striking the items relating to North Carolina and
inserting the following:

``North Carolina:
Eastern..............................  4
Middle...............................  4

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Western..............................  5''; and

(10) by striking the items relating to Texas and inserting
the following:

``Texas:
Northern.............................  12
Southern.............................  19
Eastern..............................  8
Western..............................  13''.

(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section and the amendments made by this section.
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