3.0.0 3259 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z 2023-01-11T13:41:47Z Senate S 2018-07-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-07-24T20:27:38Z 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 2018-07-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-07-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2018-07-24 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2018-07-24 True M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-07-24 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2018-07-24 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2018-07-24 True Law Alaska Arizona California Federal appellate courts Federal district courts Guam Hawaii Idaho Judges Judicial procedure and administration Jurisdiction and venue Montana Nevada Northern Mariana Islands Oregon Washington State Law 00 2018-07-24 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-19T19:58:47Z Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act

This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two judicial circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, and (2) a new Twelfth Circuit.

The new Ninth Circuit shall be composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands. The new Twelfth Circuit shall be composed of the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

The bill creates five additional circuit court judgeships—four in the Ninth Circuit and one in the new Twelfth Circuit.

It creates 52 additional district court judgeships in specified judicial districts in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Puerto Rico, and Texas.

Additionally, it converts eight temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Kansas, Missouri, Arizona, California, Florida, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.]]>

Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act Display Title Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the number of judgeships for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and certain district courts of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3259is/xml/BILLS-115s3259is.xml 2018-07-24 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.