3.0.0 1727 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z 2023-01-11T13:17:58Z Senate S S 2009-09-30 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-09-30T15:39:45Z Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2009 111 191 HR 2009-02-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Related bill CRS 2009-09-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-09-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2009-09-30 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2009-09-30 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2009-09-30 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2009-09-30 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2009-09-30 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2009-09-30 True Law Alaska Arizona California Federal appellate courts Guam Hawaii Idaho Judges Judicial procedure and administration Montana Nevada Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Washington State Law 00 2009-09-30 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-09T21:03:33Z Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 - 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 Mariana Islands) and the Twelfth Circuit (to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington).

Requires the President to appoint five additional circuit judges for the new Ninth Circuit and two temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit, to be stationed in California.

Specifies the locations where new circuits are to hold regular sessions. Locates the offices of the new Twelfth Circuit in Phoenix, Arizona.

Assigns active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Allows senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to elect assignment.

Sets forth provisions governing the disposition of cases pending in the former Ninth Circuit before the effective date of this Act.

Authorizes the temporary assignment of circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit among the new circuits.

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

]]> Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 Display Title Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 to 2 circuits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1727is/xml/BILLS-111s1727is.xml 2009-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.