S4199-118

Reported

To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships.

118th Congress Introduced Apr 19, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Education, Environment.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section idbfb9d3d9-5f03-4579-ba76-89c93091032c: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 or the JUDGES Act of 2024.
  • Section id2fa4bcce-10ac-4524-8e64-616491cd5d2a: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Article III of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to establish judgeships in the district...
  • Section idc9b118d4-2eab-4066-8c7d-adbd02e8645b: 3. Additional district judges for the district courts The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— 1 additional district...
  • Section id2cb104edb3904b79befa7aef936053a6: 4. Organization of Utah district courts Section 125(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking and St. George and inserting St. George, Moab,...
  • Section id4BEB100866534B8F8BA564853BEBFFBC: 5. Organization of Texas district courts Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by inserting and...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Education, Environment

Primary Purpose

This bill, To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert temporary judgeships., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Education Environment

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 18, 2024

Reported by Mr. Coons (for Mr. Durbin) with an amendment

Apr 19, 2024

Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Padilla, …

Apr 19, 2024

Mr. Young (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Padilla, …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
8 mentions across 6 clauses
+4 positive -4 negative

Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Congressional oversight committees, Federal district courts

Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees, Federal district courts, Federal judiciary

Negative-direction: Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Government Accountability Office

Professional Services
3 mentions across 2 clauses
+3 positive

Attorneys practicing in federal court, Federal court litigants

Taxpayers
3 mentions across 3 clauses
-3 negative

Taxpayers

General Public
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Public (citizens and researchers)

12/13
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Education Environment
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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