117 HR 8936 IH: Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-09-21 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.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 8936IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 21, 2022Mr. Johnson of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Ross, and Ms. Dean) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo authorize additional circuit judges for certain circuit courts, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Circuit Court Judgeships Act of 2022.

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Circuit judges for the circuit courts of appeals

(a)

In general

The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 1 additional circuit judge for the first circuit court of appeals, 7 additional circuit judges for the second circuit court of appeals, 2 additional circuit judges for the fourth circuit court of appeals, 13 additional circuit judges for the fifth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the sixth circuit court of appeals, 1 additional circuit judge for the eighth circuit court of appeals, 16 additional circuit judges for the ninth circuit court of appeals, and 10 additional circuit judges for the eleventh circuit court of appeals.(b)

Table

ln order that the table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each circuit, reflect the changes in the number of judgeships authorized under subsection (a), such table is amended to read as follows:CircuitsNumber of JudgesDistrict of Columbia11First7Second20Third14Fourth17Fifth30Sixth17Seventh11Eighth12Ninth45Tenth12Eleventh22Federal12 .