District Court Judgeships Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4886
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-30
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: 2021-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>District Court Judgeships Act of 2021 </strong></p> <p>This bill requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges and converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships. </p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 203 district court judges in specified judicial districts in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.</p> <p> Additionally, the bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4886 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2021 Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Nadler , Mr. Lieu , Mr. Cohen , Ms. Lofgren , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cicilline , Mr. Swalwell , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Butterfield , Ms. Jayapal , Ms. Dean , Mrs. Demings , Mr. Neguse , Mr. Jones , Ms. Ross , Ms. Bass , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , and Mr. Deutch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize additional district judges for certain district courts and convert temporary judgeships, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District Court Judgeships Act of 2021 . 2. Additional district judges for the district courts (a) Additional judgeships The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— (1) 1 additional district judge for the eastern district of Arkansas; (2) 9 additional district judges for the district of Arizona; (3) 16 additional district judges for the central district of California; (4) 7 additional district judges for the eastern district of California; (5) 7 additional district judges for the northern district of California; (6) 6 additional district judges for the southern district of California; (7) 4 additional district judges for the district of Colorado; (8) 6 additional district judges for the district of Delaware; (9) 9 additional district judges for the middle district of Florida; (10) 2 additional district judges for the northern district of Florida; (11) 12 additional district judges for the southern district of Florida; (12) 5 additional district judges for the northern district of Georgia; (13) 1 additional district judge for the southern district of Georgia; (14) 1 additional district judge for the district of Idaho; (15) 4 additional district judges for the northern district of Illinois; (16) 2 additional district judges for the southern district of Illinois; (17) 1 additional district judge for the northern district of Indiana; (18) 5 additional district judges of the southern district of Indiana; (19) 8 additional district judges for the eastern district of Louisiana; (20) 2 additional district judges for the district of Maryland; (21) 1 additional district judge for the western district of Michigan; (22) 3 additional district judges for the district of Minnesota; (23) 1 additional district judge for the eastern district of Missouri; (24) 2 additional district judges for the western district of Missouri; (25) 2 additional district judges for the Eastern district of North Carolina; (26) 1 additional district judge for the district of Nebraska; (27) 13 additional district judges for the district of New Jersey; (28) 3 additional district judges for the district of New Mexico; (29) 2 additional district judges for the district of Nevada; (30) 6 additional district judges for the eastern district of New York; (31) 7 additional district judges for the southern district of New York; (32) 2 additional district judges for the western district of New York; (33) 2 additional district judges for the southern district of Ohio; (34) 1 additional district judge for the district of Oregon; (35) 1 additional district judge for the middle district of Pennsylvania; (36) 1 additional district judge for the district of South Carolina; (37) 1 additional district judge for the eastern district of Tennessee; (38) 1 additional district judge for the middle district of Tennessee; (39) 10 additional district judges for the eastern district of Texas; (40) 5 additional district judges for the northern district of Texas; (41) 9 additional district judges for the southern district of Texas; (42) 11 additional district judges for the western district of Texas; (43) 1 additional district judge for the district of Utah; (44) 1 additional district judge for the eastern district of Virginia; (45) 2 additional district judges for the western district of Washington; (46) 1 additional district judge for the western district of Wisconsin; and (47) 5 additional district judges for the southern district of West Virginia. (b) Conversion of temporary judgeships The existing judgeships for the district of Kansas and the eastern district of Missouri, authorized by section 203(c) of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990 ( Public Law 101–650 ; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), and the existing judgeships for the northern district of Alabama, district of Arizona, the central district of California, the southern district of Florida, the district of New Mexico, the western district of North Carolina, and the eastern district of Texas, authorized by section 312(c) of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act ( Public Law 107–273 ; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), shall be authorized under section 133 of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act, and the incumbents in those offices shall hold the office under such section. (c) Technical and conforming amendments In order that the table contained in section 133 of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each judicial district, reflect the changes in the total number of permanent district judgeships authorized as a result of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, such table is amended— (1) by striking the item relating to Arkansas and inserting the following: Arkansas: Eastern 6 Western 3 ; (2) by striking the item relating to Arizona and inserting the following: Arizona 22 ; (3) by striking the item relating to California and inserting the following: California: Northern 21 Eastern 13 Central 44 Southern 19 ; (4) by striking the item relating to Colorado and inserting the following: Colorado 11 ; (5) by striking the item relating to Delaware and inserting the following: Delaware 10 ; (6) by striking the item relating to Florida and inserting the following: Florida: Northern 6 Middle 24 Southern 30 ; (7) by striking the item relating to Georgia and inserting the following: Georgia: Northern 16 Middle 4 Southern 4 ; (8) by striking the item relating to Idaho and inserting the following: Idaho 3 ; (9) by striking the item relating to Illinois and inserting the following: Illinois: Northern 26 Central 4 Southern 6 ; (10) by striking the item relating to Indiana and inserting the following: Indiana: Northern 6 Southern 10 ; (11) by striking the item relating to Louisiana and inserting the following: Louisiana: Eastern 20 Middle 3 Western 7 ; (12) by striking the item relating to Maryland and inserting the following: Maryland 12 ; (13) by striking the item relating to Michigan and inserting the following: Michigan: Eastern 15 Western 5 ; (14) by striking the item relating to Minnesota and inserting the following: Minnesota 10 ; (15) by striking the item relating to Missouri and inserting the following: Missouri: Eastern 7 Western 7 Eastern and Western 2 ; (16) by striking the item relating to North Carolina and inserting the following: North Carolina: Eastern 6 Middle 4 Western 5 ; (17) by striking the item relating to Nebraska and inserting the following: Nebraska 4 ; (18) by striking the item relating to New Jersey and inserting the following: New Jersey 30 ; (19) by striking the item relating to New Mexico and inserting the following: New Mexico 10 ; (20) by striking the item relating to Nevada and inserting the following: Nevada 9 ; (21) by striking the item relating to New York and inserting the following: New York: Northern 5 Southern 35 Eastern 21 Western 6 ; (22) by striking the item relating to Ohio and inserting the following: Ohio: Northern 11 Southern 10 ; (23) by striking the item relating to Oregon and inserting the following: Oregon 7 ; (24) by striking the item relating to Pennsylvania and inserting the following: Pennsylvania: Eastern 22 Middle 7 Western 10 ; (25) by striking the item relating to South Carolina and inserting the following: South Carolina 11 ; (26) by striking the item relating to Tennessee and inserting the following: Tennessee: Eastern 6 Middle 5 Western 5 ; (27) by striking the item relating to Texas and inserting the following: Texas: Northern 17 Southern 28 Eastern 18 Western 24 ; (28) by striking the item relating to Utah and inserting the following: Utah 6 ; (29) by striking the item relating to Virginia and inserting the following: Virginia: Eastern 12 Western 4 ; (30) by striking the item relating to Washington and inserting the following: Washington: Eastern 4 Western 9 ; (31) by striking the item relating to Wisconsin and inserting the following: Wisconsin: Eastern 5 Western 3 ; and (32) by striking the item relating to West Virginia and inserting the following: West Virginia: Northern 3 Southern 10 .