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      <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>&lt;pre&gt;[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [&lt;a href="https://www.gpo.gov"&gt;www.gpo.gov&lt;/a&gt;]By Mr. SIMPSON:H.R. 634.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution,specifically clause 9.[Page H300]&lt;/pre&gt;</constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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          <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ninth Circuit is composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands. The new Twelfth Circuit is composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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        <title>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 two judicial circuits, and for other purposes.</title>
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