S 389
110th Congress
Senate
Law
Advice and consent of the Senate
Congress
Crime and Law Enforcement
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: January 25, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 25, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1191)
Jan 25, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1190-1191)
Jan 25, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Directs the President to appoint additional district court judges as are necessary to carry out the 2005 recommendations of the Judicial Conference for district courts in which the criminal immigration filings represented 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 S1191)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1