United States · Bill · S
S. 2016 (109th)
A bill to amend chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for 11 circuit judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Introduced
16 November 2005
Last action
16 November 2005 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12950)
Sponsors
Chuck Grassley, Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]
Subjects
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Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the federal judicial code to reduce the number of judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 12 to 11.
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Timeline
16 November 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12950)
Source: IntroReferral
16 November 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 November 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 November 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 November 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 November 2005
Sponsors
- Chuck Grassley · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/2016
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2016
- us · 109-s-2016 · source updated 10 August 2026