S 3773
109th Congress
Senate
Law
Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
District courts
Government Operations and Politics
Immigration
Judges
Presidential appointments
A bill to increase the number of Federal judgeships, in accordance with recommendations by the Judicial Conference, in districts that have an extraordinarily high immigration caseload.
Introduced: August 2, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8612)
Aug 2, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8612)
Aug 2, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Directs the President to appoint additional district court judges to carry out the 2005 recommendations of the Judicial Conference of the United States for district courts in which criminal immigration filings totaled more than 50% of all criminal filings for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2004.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8612)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1