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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1074
5	5	To establish a process by which the appointment of Supreme Court Justices
6	6	can occur at regular time intervals, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY6, 2025
9	9	Mr. K
10	10	HANNA(for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. OMAR,
11	11	Mr. G
12	12	OLDMANof New York, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, and
13	13	Ms. A
14	14	NSARI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
15	15	Committee on the Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To establish a process by which the appointment of Supreme
18	18	Court Justices can occur at regular time intervals, and
19	19	for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supreme Court Term 4
24	24	Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2025’’. 5
25	25	SEC. 2. SUPREME COURT TERM LIMITS. 6
26	26	(a) I
27	27	NGENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 28, United 7
28	28	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-8
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33	33	‘‘§ 7. Term limits 1
34	34	‘‘The President shall, during the first and third years 2
35	35	after a year in which there is a Presidential election, nomi-3
36	36	nate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-4
37	37	ate, appoint one Justice of the Supreme Court. 5
38	38	‘‘§ 8. Senior Justices 6
39	39	‘‘(a) I
40	40	NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 7
41	41	(c), the panel of justices exercising Judicial power in Cases 8
42	42	and Controversies shall comprise the nine most junior Jus-9
43	43	tices. 10
44	44	‘‘(b) D
45	45	EEMEDRETIRED.—After a Justice has served 11
46	46	18 years, that Justice shall be deemed a Justice retired 12
47	47	from regular active service under section 371(b). 13
48	48	‘‘(c) E
49	49	XCEPTION.—No Justice appointed before the 14
50	50	date of enactment of this Act shall be counted toward the 15
51	51	panel of nine Justices described in subsection (a), nor 16
52	52	shall they be required to retire from regular active service 17
53	53	under subsection (b). 18
54	54	‘‘§ 9. Waiver of advice and consent authority 19
55	55	‘‘If the Senate does not exercise its advice and con-20
56	56	sent authority with respect to a President’s nominee to 21
57	57	the Supreme Court within 120 days after the nomination, 22
58	58	the Senate shall be deemed to have waived its advice and 23
59	59	consent authority with respect to such nominee, and the 24
60	60	nominee shall be seated as a Justice of the Supreme 25
61	61	Court.’’. 26
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65	65	(b) CLERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 1
66	66	for chapter 1 of title 28, United States Code, is amended 2
67	67	by adding at the end the following: 3
68	68	‘‘7. Term limits.
69	69	‘‘8. Senior Justices.
70	70	‘‘9. Waiver of advice and consent authority.’’.
71	71	SEC. 3. SENIOR JUSTICES.
72	72	4
73	73	Section 294 of title 28, United States Code, is 5
74	74	amended— 6
75	75	(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-7
76	76	lows: 8
77	77	‘‘(a) Any Chief Justice of the United States or Asso-9
78	78	ciate Justice of the Supreme Court who has retired from 10
79	79	regular active service under section 371(b) of this title 11
80	80	shall be known and designated as a Senior Justice and 12
81	81	may continue to perform such judicial duties as such Jus-13
82	82	tice is willing and able to undertake, when designated and 14
83	83	assigned by the Chief Justice of the United States.’’; 15
84	84	(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘of such 16
85	85	court’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Supreme 17
86	86	Court.’’ and inserting: ‘‘of such court, except that 18
87	87	any designation or assignment made to the Supreme 19
88	88	Court shall be in accordance with subsection (e).’’; 20
89	89	(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-21
90	90	section (g); and 22
91	91	(4) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-23
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96	96	‘‘(e)(1) When there is a vacancy on the Supreme 1
97	97	Court due to the death, disability certification under sec-2
98	98	tion 372, or removal of a Justice, the retired Chief Justice 3
99	99	of the United States or Associate Justice of the Supreme 4
100	100	Court who has most recently become a Senior Justice shall 5
101	101	be designated and assigned to serve as a Justice until an 6
102	102	appointment is made under section 7 of this title. 7
103	103	‘‘(2) If there is more than one vacancy on the Su-8
104	104	preme Court, the Senior Justice who has served in such 9
105	105	capacity for the least amount of time shall be designated 10
106	106	and assigned to serve as a Justice by the Chief Justice 11
107	107	until each vacancy on the Supreme Court is filled. 12
108	108	‘‘(f) Any Chief Justice of the United States or Asso-13
109	109	ciate Justice of the Supreme Court who has retired from 14
110	110	regular active service under section 372 may not be a Sen-15
111	111	ior Justice.’’. 16
112	112	SEC. 4. EXCEPTION TO APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR. 17
113	113	(a) R
114	114	ETIREDJUSTICES.—Section 371 of title 28, 18
115	115	United States Code, is amended— 19
116	116	(1) in subsection (d)— 20
117	117	(A) by striking ‘‘justice or’’; and 21
118	118	(B) by inserting before the period at the 22
119	119	end the following: ‘‘or designate a Senior Jus-23
120	120	tice in accordance with section 294(e) to fill a 24
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124	124	vacancy resulting from the retirement of a jus-1
125	125	tice under this section’’; and 2
126	126	(2) by adding at the end the following: 3
127	127	‘‘(f) Any justice of the United States who has served 4
128	128	a total of 18 years as a justice shall be treated as a justice 5
129	129	retired from regular active service under this section, un-6
130	130	less the justice is otherwise eligible to retire as a result 7
131	131	of a disability under section 372.’’. 8
132	132	(b) D
133	133	ISABLEDJUSTICES.—Section 372(a) of title 28, 9
134	134	United States Code, is amended in the first sentence, by 10
135	135	inserting after ‘‘a successor’’ the following: ‘‘or, in the case 11
136	136	of a justice of the United States, fill the vacancy in accord-12
137	137	ance with section 294(e)’’. 13
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