3.0.0 2535 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-07-29 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-07-29T16:24:15Z JUDGES Act 117 4885 HR 2022-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Identical bill CRS 2021-07-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-07-29 True 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 2021-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-23T18:11:15Z 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 A bill to authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title JUDGES Act Short Title(s) as Introduced JUDGES Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2535is/xml/BILLS-117s2535is.xml 2021-07-29 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.