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

Bill: 116-s-2313
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-07-30
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Colorado

Federal district courts

Judges
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill increases 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: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2313 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2019 Mr. Gardner (for himself and Mr. Bennet ) 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, 2021.