3.0.0 295 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z 2023-01-11T13:34:50Z Senate S 2017-02-02 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-02-02T22:58:26Z 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 Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2017 115 276 S 2017-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S657) 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 Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act 115 3259 S 2018-07-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2017-02-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2017-02-02 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2017-02-02 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 2017-02-02 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-27T22:50:25Z Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act

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

The President must appoint five additional judges for the new Ninth Circuit and two additional temporary judges for the former Ninth Circuit.

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

The Circuit Executive and the Clerk of the Court of the Twelfth Circuit shall be located in Phoenix, Arizona.

The bill distributes active circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit to the new circuits. Senior circuit judges of the former Ninth Circuit may elect their circuit assignment.

The bill authorizes the temporary assignment of circuit and district judges of the former Ninth Circuit between the new circuits.

]]> Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act Display Title Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act 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 into 2 circuits, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Circuit Court of Appeals Restructuring and Modernization Act Introduced in Senate 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s295is/xml/BILLS-115s295is.xml 2017-02-02 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.