| March 25, 1867 15 Stat. 5 |
Congress organized Nebraska as one judicial district, authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court, and assigned the District of Nebraska to the Eighth Circuit. |
| February 27, 1907 34 Stat. 997 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| June 2, 1970 84 Stat. 294 |
One additional judgeship authorized. |
| December 1, 1990 104 Stat. 5089 |
One temporary judgeship authorized. (Statutory provision authorizing the temporary judgeship revised by 109 Stat. 635 and judgeship extended by 111 Stat. 1173.) The temporary increase in the court's authorized membership expired in 2004. |