Title: Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022
Policy area: Law

Summary:
Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022
This bill requires the President to appoint additional judges to specified U.S. circuit courts of appeals.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8936 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8936

To authorize additional circuit judges for certain circuit courts, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2022

 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
 Cohen, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Ross, and Ms. Dean) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize additional circuit judges for certain circuit courts, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. CIRCUIT JUDGES FOR THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional circuit judge for the 
first circuit court of appeals, 7 additional circuit judges for the 
second circuit court of appeals, 2 additional circuit judges for the 
fourth circuit court of appeals, 13 additional circuit judges for the 
fifth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the 
sixth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the 
eighth circuit court of appeals, 16 additional circuit judges for the 
ninth circuit court of appeals, and 10 additional circuit judges for 
the eleventh circuit court of appeals.
    (b) Table.--ln order that the table contained in section 44(a) of 
title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each circuit, 
reflect the changes in the number of judgeships authorized under 
subsection (a), such table is amended to read as follows:

 
                                                              Number of
                         ``Circuits                             Judges
 
District of Columbia.......................................           11
First......................................................            7
Second.....................................................           20
Third......................................................           14
Fourth.....................................................           17
Fifth......................................................           30
Sixth......................................................           17
Seventh....................................................           11
Eighth.....................................................           12
Ninth......................................................           45
Tenth......................................................           12
Eleventh...................................................           22
Federal....................................................        12''.
 

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