[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1616 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1616

   To amend title 28, United States Code, to allow for 12 associate 
          justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2023

  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 12 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 2023''.

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 12 associate justices, any 8 of whom 
shall constitute a quorum''.
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