3.0.0 276 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z Senate S 2017-02-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-02T17:22:51Z Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act 115 295 S 2017-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Ninth Circuit Court Modernization and Twelfth Circuit Court Creation Act of 2017 115 1598 HR 2017-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Related bill CRS Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2017 115 196 HR 2017-01-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Related bill CRS Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2016 115 250 HR 2017-01-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Related bill CRS 2017-02-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657) IntroReferral 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-02-02 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2017-03-13 False 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 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-28T20:42:29Z Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017

This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into: (1) a new Ninth Circuit, to be composed of California, Hawaii, Oregon, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands; and (2) a newly established Twelfth Circuit, to be composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington.

Precedent from the former Ninth Circuit shall not be binding on the Twelfth Circuit.

The bill designates locations where the new circuits are to hold regular sessions.

The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Circuit judges and senior circuit judges currently stationed in Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, or Washington may elect their circuit assignment. For each circuit judge in regular service who elects to be assigned to the new Ninth Circuit, the President shall appoint one additional circuit judge for the Twelfth Circuit.

]]> Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to divide the ninth judicial circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s276is/xml/BILLS-115s276is.xml 2017-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657) 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.