United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2365 (112th)
Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011
Introduced
24 June 2011
Last action
25 August 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Sponsors
Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15], Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20], Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rescom. Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional: (1) permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and (2) temporary district judges for various federal districts in such states. Prohibits, for each of the districts in which a temporary district judge is required to be appointed under this Act, filling the first vacancy arising on such a district court 10 years or more after a judge is first confirmed to fill the temporary district judgeship created in that district. Converts to permanent judgeships certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona, the central district of California, the district of New Mexico, and the eastern district of Texas.
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Timeline
24 June 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
24 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
24 June 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 24 June 2011 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rescom. Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← A bill to provide for additional Federal district judgeships.
- related to ← Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2365
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2365
- us · 112-hr-2365 · source updated 5 December 2025