Responding to Idaho's Judicial Emergency Act of 2017

Responding to Idaho's Judicial Emergency Act of 2017

This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 503 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 503

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional 
        judge for the district of Idaho, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 12, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for an additional 
        judge for the district of Idaho, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Responding to Idaho's Judicial 
Emergency Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    The Congress finds that a judicial emergency (as such term is used 
by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts) exists within 
the district of Idaho and is resulting in a significant delay in the 
administration of justice for the citizens of Idaho.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL JUDGE AUTHORIZED.

    (a) In General.--The President shall appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate 1 additional district judge for the 
district of Idaho.
    (b) Tables Conformed.--In order that the table contained in section 
133 of title 28, United States Code, will, with respect to each 
judicial district, reflect the change in the total number of permanent 
district judgeships authorized under subsection (a), such table is 
amended in the item relating to the district of Idaho by striking ``2'' 
and inserting ``3''.
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