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HR 1802 104th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative law judges Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Congress Congressional reporting requirements Executive reorganization Judicial ethics Judicial tenure Law Presidential appointments

Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act

Introduced: June 8, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 1996
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 14, 1995
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 14, 1995
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 6 - 3.
Jul 26, 1995
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jul 18, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jun 8, 1995
Introduced in House
Jun 8, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act - Amends Federal civil service law to reorganize all administrative law judges into an independent Administrative Law Judge Corps, headed by a chief administrative law judge appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, with each judge of the Corps assigned to a division depending upon the areas of specialization in which the judge has served. Provides for the payment of judges' salaries out of existing fees charged by agencies for such purpose.

Requires the chief administrative law judge to conduct a study of the various types and levels of agency review to which decisions of administrative law judges are subject for a report to the President and the Congress.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now March 28, 1996

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 26, 1995
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 8, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1802: Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1802/
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"H.R. 1802: Reorganization of the Federal Administrative Judiciary Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1802/.
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H.R. 1802, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1802/.
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