I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1702 
To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert 
temporary judgeships. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. ISSA (for himself, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. KILEY of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize additional district judges for the district courts 
and convert temporary judgeships. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judicial Understaffing 
Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘JUDGES Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) Article III of the Constitution of the United 
States gives Congress the power to establish judge-
ships in the district courts of the United States. 
(2) Congress has not created a new district 
court judgeship since 2003 and has not enacted 
comprehensive judgeship legislation since 1990. 
(3) This represents the longest period of time 
since district courts of the United States were estab-
lished in 1789 that Congress has not authorized any 
new permanent district court judgeships. 
(4) By the end of fiscal year 2022, filings in the 
district courts of the United States had increased by 
30 percent since the last comprehensive judgeship 
legislation. 
(5) As of March 31, 2023, there were 686,797 
pending cases in the district courts of the United 
States, with an average of 491 weighted case filings 
per judgeship over a 12-month period. 
(6) To deal with increased filings in the district 
courts of the United States, the Judicial Conference 
of the United States requested the creation of 66 
new district court judgeships in its 2023 report. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT 
COURTS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIPS.— 
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(1) 2025.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ap-
point, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate— 
(i) 1 additional district judge for the 
central district of California; 
(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 
eastern district of California; 
(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 
northern district of California; 
(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 
district of Delaware; 
(v) 1 additional district judge for the 
middle district of Florida; 
(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 
southern district of Indiana; 
(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 
northern district of Iowa; 
(viii) 1 additional district judge for 
the district of New Jersey; 
(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 
southern district of New York; 
(x) 1 additional district judge for the 
eastern district of Texas; and 
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(xi) 1 additional district judge for the 
southern district of Texas. 
(B) TABLES.—The table contained in sec-
tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(i) by striking the items relating to 
California and inserting the following: 
‘‘California: 
Northern .................................................................
Eastern ...................................................................
Central ....................................................................
Southern .................................................................
13’’; 
(ii) by striking the item relating to 
Delaware and inserting the following: 
‘‘Delaware ...............................................................
5’’; 
(iii) by striking the items relating to 
Florida and inserting the following: 
‘‘Florida: 
Northern .................................................................
Middle .....................................................................
Southern .................................................................
17’’; 
(iv) by striking the items relating to 
Indiana and inserting the following: 
‘‘Indiana: 
Northern .................................................................
Southern .................................................................
6’’; 
(v) by striking the items relating to 
Iowa and inserting the following: 
‘‘Iowa: 
Northern .................................................................
Southern .................................................................
3’’; 
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