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HR 5273 108th Congress House Law Advice and consent of the Senate California Congress District courts Government Operations and Politics Hawaii Judges Judicial tenure Kansas Missouri Nebraska Presidential appointments

To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska and for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 7, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Nov 5, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Oct 7, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 7, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the conversion from temporary to permanent status of the existing district judgeships for the district of Hawaii, the district of Kansas, and the eastern district of Missouri.

Directs the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) one additional district judge for the district of Nebraska; and (2) one additional district judge for the eastern district of California.

What's happening now November 5, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Calvert, Ken
California · Nov 19, 2004
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 8, 2004
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 7, 2004
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5273: To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska and for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5273/
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"H.R. 5273: To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska and for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5273/.
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H.R. 5273, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5273/.
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[H.R. 5273: To convert certain temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, to create an additional judgeship for the district of Nebraska and for the eastern district of California, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5273/)
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