HR 2844 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

Introduced Jun 8, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Diana DeGette D-CO

Latest action · Jul 19, 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.

IntroducedJun 8, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill amends the federal judicial code to increase from seven to nine the total number of U.S. district court judgeships for the District of Colorado. The President must appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional judges for that judicial district.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 8, 2017.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter	Original	Jun 8, 2017
D-CO	Jared Polis	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Mike Coffman	Original	Jun 8, 2017
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Jun 8, 2017

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 8, 2017
	Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee	Referred Jul 19, 2017

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 19, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jun 8, 2017Introduced in House
Jun 8, 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: 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.'' 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. 98, June 8, 2017, page H4819.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1924	A bill to authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.	Identical bill	Oct 5, 2017
HR 2919	To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.	Reintroduction of	Jul 9, 2015

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 8, 2017Introduced in House

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