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S 1719 108th Congress Senate

A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.

Introduced: October 14, 2003 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Oct 14, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 14, 2003
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 Latest action October 14, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the district judges of any district court in Texas from reassigning a district judge whose duty station is in a division with three or fewer judges to a duty station in another division, without the consent of all of the district judges of that district.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1719: A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1719/
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"S. 1719: A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1719/.
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S. 1719, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1719/.
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[S. 1719: A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for the approval of the reassignment of district judges in divisions with 3 or fewer judges in districts in the State of Texas.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-1719/)
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