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S. 5076 119th Congress Senate

Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the regularized appointment of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 2026 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3096 Cross-Congress related bill Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2023
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 3

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL
    for REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • COMMON CAUSE
    for COMMON CAUSE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
    for PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jul 22, 2026
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Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Jul 22, 2026
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 22, 2026
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 22, 2026
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Jul 22, 2026
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 22, 2026
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Jul 22, 2026
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jul 22, 2026
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 22, 2026
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jul 22, 2026
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5076: Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5076/
MLA
"S. 5076: Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5076/.
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S. 5076, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5076/.
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