,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bd1 #bjae
 ,mr4 ,sablan 7for himself1 ,ms4        
,bordallo1 and ,ms4 ,plaskett7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase from
 #aj to #ae years the term of office of 
the judges of the district courts of the
 ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 and
 the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,u4,s4 ,territorial ,federal ,judges    
,improvement ,act of #bjae4  #b4        
,increase in terms of office of judges  
of district courts of the ,northern     
,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 and the       
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands  7a7   
,northern ,mariana ,islands ,section    
#a7;b77#a7 of ,public ,law #ie-aeg 7#dh 
,u4,s4,c4 #ahba7;b77#a77 is amended by  
striking ten years and inserting #ae    
years4  7b7 ,guam ,section #bd7;a7 of   

the ,organic ,act of ,guam 7#dh         
,u4,s4,c4 #adbd;b7a77 is amended by     
striking ten years and inserting #ae    
years4  7c7 ,virgin ,islands ,section   
#bd7;a7 of the ,revised ,organic ,act of
 the ,virgin ,islands 7#dh ,u4,s4,c4    
#afad7;a77 is amended by striking ten   
years and inserting #ae years4  #c4     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this ,act and shall 
apply with respect to any term of office
 of a judge of the district court of the
 ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 ,guam1 or 
the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands--  
7#a7 that has not expired as of such    
date of enactment2 or  7#b7 that begins 
on or after such date of enactment4