A bill to authorize additional judgeships for the U.S. courts of appeals.

Summary

Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judgeship for the first circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the second circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the third circuit, two additional circuit judgeships for the fourth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the sixth circuit, one additional circuit judgeship for the seventh circuit, and one additional circuit judgeship for the tenth circuit. States that the two additional circuit judgeships authorized for the second circuit shall be filled only upon certification of need by the Judicial Conference of the United States.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 7 February 1974

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 February 1974

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 February 1974

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Gurney, Edward J. [R-FL] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hruska, Roman L. [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.