United States · Bill · S
S. 1653 (111th)
Federal Judgeship Act of 2009
Introduced
8 September 2009
Last action
8 September 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
Sponsors
Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary circuit judges for the third, eighth, and ninth circuits; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington and temporary district judges for Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, and Virginia.
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Timeline
8 September 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9137-9138)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 8 September 2009 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 8 September 2009
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Sponsors
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Federal Judgeship Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1653
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1653
- us · 111-s-1653 · source updated 10 August 2026