Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011

Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional: (1) permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and (2) temporary district judges for various federal districts in such states. Prohibits, for each of the districts in which a temporary district judge is required to be appointed under this Act, filling the first vacancy arising on such a district court 10 years or more after a judge is first confirmed to fill the temporary district judgeship created in that district.

Converts to permanent judgeships certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona, the central district of California, the district of New Mexico, and the eastern district of Texas.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2365 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2365

         To provide for additional Federal district judgeships.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2011

 Mr. Hinojosa (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
   Reyes, Mr. Sires, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Gene Green of 
 Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, 
and Mr. Stark) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
         To provide for additional Federal district judgeships.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIPS.

    (a) Additional Permanent District Judgeship.--The President shall 
appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate--
            (1) 4 additional district judges for the district of 
        Arizona;
            (2) 4 additional district judges for the northern district 
        of California;
            (3) 6 additional district judges for the eastern district 
        of California;
            (4) 8 additional district judges for the central district 
        of California;
            (5) 2 additional district judges for the southern district 
        of California;
            (6) 1 additional district judge for the district of New 
        Mexico;
            (7) 4 additional district judges for the southern district 
        of Texas;
            (8) 1 additional district judge for the eastern district of 
        Texas; and
            (9) 4 additional district judges for the western district 
        of Texas.
    (b) Temporary Judgeships.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall appoint, by and with 
        the advice and consent of the Senate--
                    (A) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
                Arizona;
                    (B) 1 additional district judge for the northern 
                district of California;
                    (C) 1 additional district judge for the eastern 
                district of California;
                    (D) 1 additional district judge for the central 
                district of California;
                    (E) 1 additional district judge for the southern 
                district of California;
                    (F) 1 additional district judge for the district of 
                New Mexico; and
                    (G) 1 additional district judge for the western 
                district of Texas.
            (2) Vacancies not filled.--For each of the judicial 
        districts named in this subsection, the first vacancy arising 
        on the district court 10 years or more after a judge is first 
        confirmed to fill the temporary district judgeship created in 
        that district by this subsection shall not be filled.
    (c) Conversion of Temporary Judgeships.--The existing judgeships 
for the district of Arizona, the central district of California, the 
district of New Mexico, and the eastern district of Texas authorized by 
section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations 
Authorization Act (28 U.S.C. 133 note; Public Law 107-273; 116 Stat. 
1788), as of the effective date of this Act, shall 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 Act.
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The table contained in 
section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to the district of 
        Arizona and inserting the following:


``Arizona..................................................        17'';
 

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


  ``California:
  Northern.............................  18
  Eastern..............................  12
  Central..............................  36
  Southern.............................  15'';
 

            (3) by striking the item relating to the district of New 
        Mexico and inserting the following:


``New Mexico...............................................         8'';
 

        and
            (4) by striking the item relating to Texas and inserting 
        the following:


  ``Texas:
  Northern.............................  12
  Southern.............................  23
  Eastern..............................  9
  Western..............................  17''.
 

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