To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

Bill: 115-hr-2844
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2017-06-08
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Colorado

Federal district courts

Judges
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the federal judicial code to increase from seven to nine the total number of U.S. district court judgeships for the District of Colorado. The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional judges for that judicial district.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2844 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2017 Ms. DeGette (for herself, Mr. Perlmutter , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Buck , Mr. Lamborn , Mr. Coffman , and Mr. Polis ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 In order that the table contained in section 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, will reflect the change in the number of judgeships authorized by subsection (a), the item relating to Colorado in such table is amended by striking 7 and inserting 9 .