Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007
Latest action · Nov 14, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14401)
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.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007 - Increases by 16.5% the annual salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, associate justices of the Supreme Court, U.S. circuit judges, U.S. district judges, and judges of the United States Court of International Trade.
Amends the federal bankruptcy code to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Nov 14, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14401)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S14401 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | Nov 14, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 6
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 6
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42008 | Financial Services and General Government: FY2012 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 6, 2012 |
| R41340 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2011 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jul 11, 2011 |
| R40801 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2010 Appropriations Archived | Report | Mar 10, 2010 |
| RL34523 | Financial Services and General Government (FSGG): FY2009 Appropriations Archived | Report | May 12, 2009 |
| RL34281 | Judicial Salary: Current Issues and Options for Congress Archived | Report | Sep 16, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United States, and to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2007Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
