3.0.0 4885 2022-12-31T05:04:01Z 2022-12-31T05:04:01Z House HR 2021-07-30 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 134 (Friday, July 30, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 4885.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 9[Page H4307]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2022-11-01T18:35:54Z Referred to 2021-07-30T13:05:30Z JUDGES Act 117 2535 S 2021-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2022-11-01 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Committee 2021-07-30 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2021-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 50 N V000130 Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51] Juan Vargas D CA 51 2021-07-30 True S000929 Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5] Victoria Spartz R IN 5 2021-07-30 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2021-07-30 True O000019 Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-8] Jay Obernolte R CA 8 2021-12-01 False C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 2022-04-04 False G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2022-06-09 False Law Alabama Arizona California Colorado Congressional oversight Delaware Federal district courts Florida Georgia Government buildings, facilities, and property Government studies and investigations Idaho Indiana Iowa Judges Kansas Missouri New Jersey New Mexico New York State North Carolina Texas Law 00 2021-07-30 Introduced in House 2022-01-04T19:01:36Z Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act or the JUDGES Act

This bill requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges, converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships, and requires the Government Accountability Office to report on vacant or underused federal courthouses.

Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 39 district court judges on or after January 21, 2025, in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas.

Further, 38 district court judges must be appointed on or after January 21, 2029, in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, and Texas.

Additionally, the bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

]]> JUDGES Act Official Title as Introduced To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships. Introduced in House IH Display Title JUDGES Act Short Title(s) as Introduced JUDGES Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr4885ih/xml/BILLS-117hr4885ih.xml 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. 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.