Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011
Latest action · Aug 25, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the Senate's advice and consent, specified additional: (1) permanent district judges for various federal judicial districts in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and (2) temporary district judges for various federal districts in such states. Prohibits, for each of the districts in which a temporary district judge is required to be appointed under this Act, filling the first vacancy arising on such a district court 10 years or more after a judge is first confirmed to fill the temporary district judgeship created in that district.
Converts to permanent judgeships certain existing temporary judgeships for the district of Arizona, the central district of California, the district of New Mexico, and the eastern district of Texas.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2011 to Jul 6, 2011; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-PR | Pedro R. Pierluisi | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Jun 24, 2011 |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Jul 6, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Jul 6, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2011 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Aug 25, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 25, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4576.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 112-59 | A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED $400 MILLION LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, FEDERAL COURTHOUSE PROJECT151 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Nov 4, 2011 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1014 | Emergency Judicial Relief Act of 2011 | Related bill | Nov 15, 2011 |
| S 1032 | A bill to provide for additional Federal district judgeships. | Related bill | May 19, 2011 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for additional Federal district judgeships.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Southwest Border Judgeship Expansion Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2011Introduced in House
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.
