Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill defines key terms: former ninth circuit (current 9th circuit), new ninth circuit (CA, HI, Guam, CNMI), and twelfth circuit (AK, AZ, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA), authorizes the President to appoint 2 additional circuit judges for the new ninth circuit with duty stations in California, effective immediately upon enactment, and creates assigns existing active-service Ninth Circuit judges to the new ninth or twelfth circuit based on their official duty station location (California/Hawaii/Guam/CNMI to new ninth. It relies on appropriations and definition changes. The main policy areas are Judiciary, Finance, and Housing.
Who Benefits and How
Litigants in overburdened federal districts could see lower costs, Federal courthouse construction contractors could gain revenue opportunities, and Federal courthouse construction and support firms could gain revenue opportunities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
U.S. taxpayers could face higher costs and Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Defines key terms: former ninth circuit (current 9th circuit), new ninth circuit (CA, HI, Guam, CNMI), and twelfth circuit (AK, AZ, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA).
- Authorizes the President to appoint 2 additional circuit judges for the new ninth circuit with duty stations in California, effective immediately upon enactment.
- Creates assigns existing active-service Ninth Circuit judges to the new ninth or twelfth circuit based on their official duty station location (California/Hawaii/Guam/CNMI to new ninth...
- Establishes transition rules for pending cases: submitted cases stay with the original court; unsubmitted cases transfer to the appropriate new circuit; pending en banc petitions go to the circuit that would have...
- Creates allows the chief judges of the new Ninth and Twelfth Circuits to temporarily assign district judges between the two circuits to handle caseload needs, facilitating workload balancing during transition.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill defines key terms: former ninth circuit (current 9th circuit), new ninth circuit (CA, HI, Guam, CNMI), and twelfth circuit (AK, AZ, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA), authorizes the President to appoint 2 additional circuit judges for the new ninth circuit with duty stations in California, effective immediately upon enactment, and creates assigns existing active-service Ninth Circuit judges to the new ninth or twelfth circuit based on their official duty station location (California/Hawaii/Guam/CNMI to new ninth.
Key Policy Areas
Judiciary, Finance, Housing
Primary Purpose
The bill defines key terms: former ninth circuit (current 9th circuit), new ninth circuit (CA, HI, Guam, CNMI), and twelfth circuit (AK, AZ, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA), authorizes the President to appoint 2 additional circuit judges for the new ninth circuit with duty stations in California, effective immediately upon enactment, and creates assigns existing active-service Ninth Circuit judges to the new ninth or twelfth circuit based on their official duty station location (California/Hawaii/Guam/CNMI to new ninth.
Policy Domains
Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act
Identified Gains
- Litigants in overburdened federal districts
- Federal courthouse construction contractors
- Federal courthouse construction and support firms
- Court administrative staff and clerks
- Legal profession in affected districts
Identified Costs
- U.S. taxpayers
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Ms. Murkowski, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Court administrative staff and clerks, Existing Ninth Circuit judges
Positive-direction: Court administrative staff and clerks
Negative-direction: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Taxpayers
Litigants in overburdened federal districts, Litigants in the new Ninth Circuit, Litigants with pending Ninth Circuit cases
Legal profession in California, Legal profession in affected districts
Federal courthouse construction and support firms, Federal courthouse construction contractors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_director"
- → Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The twelfth judicial circuit established by the amendment (covering Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington)
The ninth judicial circuit established by the amendment (covering California, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands)
The ninth judicial circuit as in existence on the day before the effective date of this Act
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