An Explanation of Bill S. 3998

This bill, known as the "Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act of 2024," aims to permanently appoint certain temporary district judgeships. The bill authorizes the existing judgeships for the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri, which were previously authorized by the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 and the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act. The incumbents in those offices will continue to hold their positions under the new authorization.

In order to reflect these changes in the total number of permanent district judgeships, the bill also amends the table in section 133 of title 28, United States Code. This table shows the number of judgeships authorized for each judicial district. The bill provides specific changes for each district, such as the number of judgeships in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

To implement this bill and the changes it makes, the bill authorizes the appropriation of funds as necessary.

The bill was passed by the Senate on April 20, 2024.

Sen. Martin Heinrich

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