HR 197 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Introduced Jan 3, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Michael K. Simpson R-ID

Latest action · Jan 13, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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.

IntroducedJan 3, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill requires the President to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the district of Idaho.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

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 Jan 3, 2017
	Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee	Referred Jan 13, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 13, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2017Referred 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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 9, which states ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court.'' In addition, Article III, Section 1 states that ``The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 1, January 3, 2017, page H52.

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 168	To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.	Reintroduction of	Feb 2, 2015
S 209	A bill to authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.	Identical bill	Jan 24, 2017
HR 214	To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 3, 2019
HR 503	Responding to Idaho's Judicial Emergency Act of 2017	Related bill	Feb 6, 2017

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2017Introduced in House

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