3.0.0 4247 2023-01-15T04:48:34Z 2023-01-15T04:48:34Z House H HR 2004-04-29 108 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2004-05-20T13:39:26Z Referred to 2004-04-29T14:01:50Z Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 108 2278 S 2004-04-07 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2004-05-20 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2004-04-29 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-04-29 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000574 Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] Rick Renzi R AZ 1 N P000589 Rep. Porter, Jon C. [R-NV-3] Jon Porter R NV C. 3 2004-04-29 True Law Advice and consent of the Senate Alaska Appellate courts Appellate procedure Arizona California Congress Government Operations and Politics Guam Hawaii Idaho Judges Judicial districts Judicial reform Judicial tenure Montana Nevada Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Presidential appointments Washington State Law 00 2004-04-29 Introduced in House 2004-05-24T12:46:14Z Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal judicial code to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit into the Ninth Circuit (to be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and the Northern Marianas Islands), the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, and Montana), and Thirteenth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Oregon, and Washington State).

Requires the President to appoint, with the advise and consent of the Senate, five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit (not before January 21, 2005) and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit.

Specifies the locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.

Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits based on their current duty station. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment to any of the three new circuits.

Specifies the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act as follows: (1) proceedings in matters that have been submitted for decision shall continue without regard to this Act; (2) matters not yet submitted for decision must be transferred to the court to which they would have been submitted under this Act; and (3) proceedings on petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc that have been submitted or decided shall continue without regard to this Act.

Authorizes the temporary assignment of the circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits. Authorizes administrative coordination among any two contiguous circuits among the new circuits.

Directs that the former Ninth Circuit shall cease to exist for administrative purposes two years after enactment of this Act.

]]> Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 Display Title Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 3 circuits, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Ninth Circuit Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-04-29T04:00:00Z 2004-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.