Temporary assignment of circuit judges among circuits

Section 291 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) The chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit may, in the public interest and upon request by the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Circuit, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit to act as circuit judge in the Twelfth Circuit. (d) The chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Twelfth Circuit may, in the public interest and upon request by the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge of the Twelfth Circuit to act as circuit judge in the Ninth Circuit..