A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to improve judicial machinery by changing the requirement for a three-judge court in certain cases, to broaden and clarify the jurisdiction of U. S. magistrates, increase the compensation of Federal judges and magistrates, protect the employment right of Federal jurors, and for other purposes.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Repeals the Federal Rules of Procedure which require that injunctions against enforcement of Federal and State statutes upon the ground of unconstitionality be heard and determined by a three-judge district court. (Repeals 28 U.S.C. 2281, 2282) Provides that a district court of three judges shall be convened when an action is filed challenging the constitionality of the apportionment of congressional districts or the apportionment of any statewide legislative body or when an action is filed seeking an interlocutory or permanent injunction restraining the enforcement, operation or execution of any State or Federal statute or the execution of an order or regulation made by an administrative board or agency acting under color of State or Federal statute. Makes provisions for the composition and procedure of any three judge-court required to be convened under this Act. States that any action, suit, or proceeding in a court of the United States to which a State or any agency, officer, or employee thereof is not a party, wherein the constitutionality of any statute of that State affecting the public interest is drawn in question, the court shall certify such fact to the attorney general …