Stop Court-Packing Act

Bill: 113-hr-2239
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cotton, Tom [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2013-06-04
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts

Judges
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Stop Court-Packing Act - Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2239 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2013 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Court-Packing Act . 2. Reduction of Federal judgeships for U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit The table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the item relating to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals, by striking 11 and inserting 8 .