Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021
Latest action · Jun 15, 2022 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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 12, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021
This bill lowers the age and service requirements for a district court judge in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands to receive a retirement annuity and be eligible to serve as a senior judge.
Under the bill, a district court judge in one of these territories may receive a retirement annuity after having served for at least 10 years and reaching 50 years of age, along with meeting other requirements. A retiring judge may serve as a senior judge if the judge (1) has served for at least 15 years, or (2) has served for at least 10 years and is at least 65 years old. Current law generally requires a higher age and, in certain cases, a longer length of service before a district court judge in one of these territories may receive an annuity and obtain senior status.
The bill also lowers various requirements for such a district court judge to receive an annuity if the judge retired, or was removed, due to a disability.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 12, 2021 to Jun 13, 2022; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Original | Jan 12, 2021 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Jan 12, 2021 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | May 24, 2022 | |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Jun 13, 2022 |
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 12, 2021Markup Jun 15, 2022 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Mar 4, 2021Discharged Jun 15, 2022 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2022Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
- Jun 15, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jun 15, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Jan 12, 2021Introduced in House
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 17, 2022H.R. 282, Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2022As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on June 15, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 7, January 12, 2021, page H149.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 6593 | Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2020 | Reintroduction of | Apr 21, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend certain retirement provisions for judges serving in territorial district courts, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Territorial Judgeship Retirement Equity Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 12, 2021Introduced 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.
