3.0.0 2968 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-10-07 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-07T17:46:20Z 2021-10-07 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-10-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK N M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2021-10-07 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2021-10-07 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2021-10-07 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2021-10-07 True Law Law 00 2021-10-07 Introduced in Senate 2022-06-25T00:22:42Z 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 the 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 two additional circuit court judgeships for the Ninth Circuit.

It creates 77 additional district court judgeships in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 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 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 Display Title Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2968is/xml/BILLS-117s2968is.xml 2021-10-07 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.