[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1141

 To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate 
          justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 15, 2021

  Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for twelve associate 
          justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Judiciary Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. NUMBER OF JUSTICES; QUORUM.

    Section 1 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, 
any six of whom shall constitute a quorum'' and inserting ``a Chief 
Justice of the United States and twelve associate justices, any eight 
of whom shall constitute a quorum''.
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