To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3859
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-19
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Department of Justice

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Immigration status and procedures

Judges
Latest action: action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to appoint 100 additional immigration judges.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3859 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2019 Mrs. Lesko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize the Attorney General to appoint 100 additional immigration judges, and for other purposes.

1. Immigration judges (a) In general The Attorney General may appoint 100 additional immigration judges in addition to immigration judges currently serving as of the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.