United States · Bill · HJRES
H.J.Res. 164 (104th)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide 8-year terms of offices for judges of Federal courts other than the Supreme Court.
Introduced
19 March 1996
Last action
28 March 1996 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Sponsors
Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1], Rep. Brewster, Bill K. [D-OK-3], Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2], Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1], Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK], Rep. Hancock, Mel [R-MO-7], Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large], Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12], Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2], Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2], Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48]
Subjects
Rule of law
Source updated
2 January 2025
Summary
Constitutional Amendment - Limits the term of a judge of a court ordained and established by the Congress to eight years. Counts any time (but not more than six years) served as a judge before the ratification of this amendment towards the first term of that judge.
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Timeline
19 March 1996
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 1996
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 1996
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
28 March 1996
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 19 March 1996 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Brewster, Bill K. [D-OK-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Metcalf, Jack [R-WA-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Hancock, Mel [R-MO-7] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Geren, Pete [D-TX-12] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cooley, Wes [R-OR-2] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-joint-resolution/164
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/104/hjres/164
- us · 104-hjres-164 · source updated 2 January 2025