Stop Court-Packing Act

Stop Court-Packing Act - Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2239 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2239

   To reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of 
             Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2013

  Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of 
             Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Court-Packing Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS FOR U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR 
              THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT.

    The table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States 
Code, is amended in the item relating to the District of Columbia 
circuit court of appeals, by striking ``11'' and inserting ``8''.
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