28 U.S.C. § 631
Appointment and tenure
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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No individual may be appointed or reappointed to serve as a magistrate judge under this chapter unless:
The appointment of any individual as a full-time magistrate judge shall be for a term of eight years, and the appointment of any individuals as a part-time magistrate judge shall be for a term of four years, except that the term of a full-time or part-time magistrate judge appointed under subsection (k) 22 See References in Text note below. shall expire upon—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An original bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide that full-time U.S. magistrates shall receive the same compensation as full-time referees in bankruptcy and to adjust the salary of part-time magistrates.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Magistrate Act of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the bar membership requirements for United States magistrates.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Criminal Justice Act Revision of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Retirement and Survivors' Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrates Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers, Urgent Supplementals, and Correcting Enrollment Errors Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2000House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Court Security Improvement Act of 2007House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2010House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024