S 562 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 6, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Lisa Murkowski R-AK

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 7, 2004 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 6, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2003 - Divides the current U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth circuit into: (1) the ninth circuit, composed of California and Nevada, consisting of 25 judges, and holding regular sessions in San Francisco and Los Angeles; and (2) the twelfth circuit, composed of Alaska, Arizona, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, and Washington, consisting of 13 judges, and holding regular sessions in Portland and Seattle.

Authorizes a circuit judge of the former ninth circuit who is in regular active service or who is a senior judge to elect to be assigned to either of the two new circuits.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 6, 2003.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-ID	Mike Crapo	Original	Mar 6, 2003
R-AK	Ted Stevens	Original	Mar 6, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 7, 2004Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
Mar 6, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 6, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3320-3321)
Mar 6, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3319-3320)

Subjects

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