Sec. 1147. Judicial resources for border security
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Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph
(3)shall be used— to increase the number of criminal prosecutions for unlawful border crossing in each and every sector of the southern border by not less than 80 percent per day, as compared to the average number of such prosecutions per day during the 12-month period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, by increasing funding for— attorneys and administrative support staff in offices of United States attorneys; support staff and interpreters in court clerks’ offices; pre-trial services; activities of the Office of the Federal Public Defender, including payments to retain appointed counsel under section 3006A of title 18, United States Code; and additional personnel, including deputy United States marshals in the United States Marshals Service, to perform intake, coordination, transportation, and court security; and to reimburse Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies for any detention costs related to the increased border crossing prosecutions carried out pursuant to subparagraph (A). The chief judge of each judicial district located within a sector of the southern border is authorized to appoint additional full-time magistrate judges, who, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall have the authority to hear cases and controversies in the judicial district in which the magistrate judges are appointed. There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection. The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 4 additional district judges for the District of Arizona; 2 additional district judges for the Southern District of California; 4 additional district judges for the Western District of Texas; and 2 additional district judges for the Southern District of Texas. The judgeships for the District of Arizona and the Central District of California authorized under section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act ( 28 U.S.C. 133 note), in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, and the individuals holding such judgeships on such day shall hold office under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by paragraph (3). The table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— by striking the item relating to the district of Arizona and inserting the following: Arizona 17 ; by striking the items relating to California and inserting the following : California: Northern 19 Eastern 12 Central 28 Southern 15 ; and by striking the items relating to Texas and inserting the following : Texas: Northern 12 Southern 21 Eastern 7 Western 17 . Section 1914(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— by striking $350 and inserting $375 ; and by striking $5 and inserting $7 . Incremental amounts collected pursuant to the amendments made by paragraph
(1)shall be deposited as offsetting receipts in the special fund of the Treasury established under section 1931 of title 28, United States Code. Such amounts shall be available solely for the purpose of facilitating the processing of civil cases, but only to the extent specifically appropriated by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Judicial resources for border security
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