HR 3835
106th Congress
House
Law
Advice and consent of the Senate
Bankruptcy courts
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
District courts
Federal law enforcement officers
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Judges
Judicial districts
Judicial officers
Magistrates
New Jersey
Presidential appointments
Public defenders
Public prosecutors
To amend title 28, United States Code, to divide New Jersey into 2 judicial districts.
Introduced: March 6, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Mar 6, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 6, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal judicial code to establish two judicial districts in New Jersey (currently, one), the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of judgeships, including bankruptcy judgeships, among those districts.
(Sec. 3) Provides for the transfer of district judges, bankruptcy judges, and magistrate judges to the Northern and Southern Districts of New Jersey.
Transfers U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and Federal public defenders for the District of New Jersey to the Northern District of New Jersey. Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice of the Senate, a U.S. attorney and a U.S. marshal for the Southern District of New Jersey.
Specifies that neither pending cases nor juries shall be affected.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1