A bill to authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

Bill: 114-s-1962
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2015-08-05
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Colorado

Federal district courts

Judges
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-08-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate,&nbsp;two additional district judges for the district of Colorado.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1962 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 5, 2015 Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Gardner ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

1. Additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado (a) Additional district judgeships The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2 additional district judges for the district of Colorado. (b) Technical and conforming amendment The table in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to Colorado and inserting the following: Colorado 9 . (c) Effective date This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect on January 21, 2017.