Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8936
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-09-21
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022 </b></p> <p>This bill requires the President to appoint additional judges to specified U.S. circuit courts of appeals. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8936 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 21, 2022 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Nadler , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Swalwell , Ms. Ross , and Ms. Dean ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize additional circuit judges for certain circuit courts, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022 . 2. Circuit judges for the circuit courts of appeals (a) In general The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional circuit judge for the first circuit court of appeals, 7 additional circuit judges for the second circuit court of appeals, 2 additional circuit judges for the fourth circuit court of appeals, 13 additional circuit judges for the fifth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the sixth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the eighth circuit court of appeals, 16 additional circuit judges for the ninth circuit court of appeals, and 10 additional circuit judges for the eleventh circuit court of appeals. (b) Table ln order that the table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each circuit, reflect the changes in the number of judgeships authorized under subsection (a), such table is amended to read as follows: Circuits Number of Judges District of Columbia 11 First 7 Second 20 Third 14 Fourth 17 Fifth 30 Sixth 17 Seventh 11 Eighth 12 Ninth 45 Tenth 12 Eleventh 22 Federal 12 .