3.0.0 1014 2023-01-11T13:22:01Z 2023-01-11T13:22:01Z Senate S S 2011-05-17 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2011-10-17T19:53:13Z Markup by 2011-10-13T13:54:48Z Referred to 2011-05-17T19:00:43Z Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011 112 2365 HR 2011-08-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2012 112 3890 HR 2012-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS A bill to provide for additional Federal district judgeships. 112 1032 S 2011-05-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2011-11-15 Senate Star Print ordered on the reported bill. Floor 2011-10-17 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195. Calendars 2011-10-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 2011-10-17 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with an amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2011-10-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably. Committee 2011-05-17 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3058) IntroReferral 2011-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3058) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2011-05-17 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2011-05-17 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2011-05-17 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2011-05-17 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2011-05-17 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-05-17 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-05-18 False Law Arizona California Civil actions and liability Federal district courts Judges Legal fees and court costs Minnesota Texas Law 00 2011-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-23T15:50:46Z Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.

Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships.

Increases the filing fee for most civil actions to $360 (currently, $350).

]]> 01 2011-10-17 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2011-12-09T16:44:06Z Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 - (Sec. 2) Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, Minnesota, and Texas.

Converts certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona and the central district of California to permanent judgeships.

Increases the filing fee for most civil actions or proceedings, excluding a writ of habeas corpus, to $360 (currently, $350).

Requires that incremental amounts collected by reason of enactment of this Act be deposited in a special fund in the Treasury to offset funds appropriated for the operation and maintenance of U.S. courts to the extent specifically appropriated by an Act of Congress after enactment of this Act.

(Sec. 3) Prohibits any judicial branch officer, employee, agent, contractor, or subcontractor from discharging, demoting, threatening, suspending, harassing, or otherwise discriminating against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act by the employee to provide information, cause information to be provided, or otherwise assist in an investigation regarding any possible violation of federal law or regulation, or misconduct, by a judge, justice, or any other employee in the judicial branch, which may assist in the investigation of the possible violation or misconduct.

Authorizes an employee injured by such a prohibited act to obtain appropriate relief in a civil action.]]>

Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 Display Title Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 S Senate Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for additional Federal district judgeships. Reported to Senate 2011-10-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1014rs/xml/BILLS-112s1014rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2011-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1014is/xml/BILLS-112s1014is.xml 2011-11-15 Star Print ordered on the reported bill. 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.