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HR 4886 117th Congress House Law

District Court Judgeships Act of 2021

Introduced: July 30, 2021 Introduced by: Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" Democratic · Georgia See on congress.gov
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Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jul 30, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 30, 2021
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District Court Judgeships Act of 2021

This bill requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges and converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships.

Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 203 district court judges in specified judicial districts in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Additionally, the bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 16
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · May 10, 2022
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · May 10, 2022
 D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Mar 8, 2022
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Mar 8, 2022
 D
McBath, Lucy
Georgia · Nov 17, 2021
 D
Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Oct 12, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Sep 30, 2021
Bass, Karen
· Jul 30, 2021
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jul 30, 2021
Cartwright, Matt
· Jul 30, 2021
Cicilline, David
· Jul 30, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Dean, Madeleine
Pennsylvania · Jul 30, 2021
Demings, Val
· Jul 30, 2021
Deutch, Theodore
· Jul 30, 2021
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jul 30, 2021
Jones, Mondaire
· Jul 30, 2021
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jul 30, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · Jul 30, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4886: District Court Judgeships Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4886/
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"H.R. 4886: District Court Judgeships Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4886/.
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H.R. 4886, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4886/.
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