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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1702
5	5	To authorize additional district judges for the district courts and convert
6	6	temporary judgeships.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY27, 2025
9	9	Mr. I
10	10	SSA(for himself, Ms. LEEof Florida, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. KILEYof
11	11	California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
12	12	mittee on the Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To authorize additional district judges for the district courts
15	15	and convert temporary judgeships.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Judicial Understaffing 4
20	20	Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2025’’ or the 5
21	21	‘‘JUDGES Act of 2025’’. 6
22	22	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 7
23	23	Congress finds the following: 8
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27	27	(1) Article III of the Constitution of the United 1
28	28	States gives Congress the power to establish judge-2
29	29	ships in the district courts of the United States. 3
30	30	(2) Congress has not created a new district 4
31	31	court judgeship since 2003 and has not enacted 5
32	32	comprehensive judgeship legislation since 1990. 6
33	33	(3) This represents the longest period of time 7
34	34	since district courts of the United States were estab-8
35	35	lished in 1789 that Congress has not authorized any 9
36	36	new permanent district court judgeships. 10
37	37	(4) By the end of fiscal year 2022, filings in the 11
38	38	district courts of the United States had increased by 12
39	39	30 percent since the last comprehensive judgeship 13
40	40	legislation. 14
41	41	(5) As of March 31, 2023, there were 686,797 15
42	42	pending cases in the district courts of the United 16
43	43	States, with an average of 491 weighted case filings 17
44	44	per judgeship over a 12-month period. 18
45	45	(6) To deal with increased filings in the district 19
46	46	courts of the United States, the Judicial Conference 20
47	47	of the United States requested the creation of 66 21
48	48	new district court judgeships in its 2023 report. 22
49	49	SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGES FOR THE DISTRICT 23
50	50	COURTS. 24
51	51	(a) A
52	52	DDITIONALJUDGESHIPS.— 25
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56	56	(1) 2025.— 1
57	57	(A) I
58	58	N GENERAL.—The President shall ap-2
59	59	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 3
60	60	Senate— 4
61	61	(i) 1 additional district judge for the 5
62	62	central district of California; 6
63	63	(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 7
64	64	eastern district of California; 8
65	65	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 9
66	66	northern district of California; 10
67	67	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 11
68	68	district of Delaware; 12
69	69	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 13
70	70	middle district of Florida; 14
71	71	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 15
72	72	southern district of Indiana; 16
73	73	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 17
74	74	northern district of Iowa; 18
75	75	(viii) 1 additional district judge for 19
76	76	the district of New Jersey; 20
77	77	(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 21
78	78	southern district of New York; 22
79	79	(x) 1 additional district judge for the 23
80	80	eastern district of Texas; and 24
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84	84	(xi) 1 additional district judge for the 1
85	85	southern district of Texas. 2
86	86	(B) T
87	87	ABLES.—The table contained in sec-3
88	88	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, is 4
89	89	amended— 5
90	90	(i) by striking the items relating to 6
91	91	California and inserting the following: 7
92	92	‘‘California:
93	93	Northern ................................................................. 15
94	94	Eastern ................................................................... 7
95	95	Central .................................................................... 28
96	96	Southern ................................................................. 13’’;
97	97	(ii) by striking the item relating to 8
98	98	Delaware and inserting the following: 9
99	99	‘‘Delaware ............................................................... 5’’;
100	100	(iii) by striking the items relating to 10
101	101	Florida and inserting the following: 11
102	102	‘‘Florida:
103	103	Northern ................................................................. 4
104	104	Middle ..................................................................... 16
105	105	Southern ................................................................. 17’’;
106	106	(iv) by striking the items relating to 12
107	107	Indiana and inserting the following: 13
108	108	‘‘Indiana:
109	109	Northern ................................................................. 5
110	110	Southern ................................................................. 6’’;
111	111	(v) by striking the items relating to 14
112	112	Iowa and inserting the following: 15
113	113	‘‘Iowa:
114	114	Northern ................................................................. 3
115	115	Southern ................................................................. 3’’;
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119	119	(vi) by striking the item relating to 1
120	120	New Jersey and inserting the following: 2
121	121	‘‘New Jersey ........................................................... 18’’;
122	122	(vii) by striking the items relating to 3
123	123	New York and inserting the following: 4
124	124	‘‘New York:
125	125	Northern ................................................................. 5
126	126	Southern ................................................................. 29
127	127	Eastern ................................................................... 15
128	128	Western .................................................................. 4’’; and
129	129	(viii) by striking the items relating to 5
130	130	Texas and inserting the following: 6
131	131	‘‘Texas:
132	132	Northern ................................................................. 12
133	133	Southern ................................................................. 20
134	134	Eastern ................................................................... 8
135	135	Western .................................................................. 13’’.
136	136	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 7
137	137	shall take effect on the date of the enactment 8
138	138	of this Act. 9
139	139	(2) 2027.— 10
140	140	(A) I
141	141	N GENERAL.—The President shall ap-11
142	142	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 12
143	143	Senate— 13
144	144	(i) 1 additional district judge for the 14
145	145	district of Arizona; 15
146	146	(ii) 2 additional district judges for the 16
147	147	central district of California; 17
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151	151	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 1
152	152	eastern district of California; 2
153	153	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 3
154	154	northern district of California; 4
155	155	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 5
156	156	middle district of Florida; 6
157	157	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 7
158	158	southern district of Florida; 8
159	159	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 9
160	160	northern district of Georgia; 10
161	161	(viii) 1 additional district judge for 11
162	162	the district of Idaho; 12
163	163	(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 13
164	164	northern district of Texas; and 14
165	165	(x) 1 additional district judge for the 15
166	166	southern district of Texas. 16
167	167	(B) T
168	168	ABLES.—The table contained in sec-17
169	169	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, as 18
170	170	amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is 19
171	171	amended— 20
172	172	(i) by striking the item relating to Ar-21
173	173	izona and inserting the following: 22
174	174	‘‘Arizona ................................................................. 13’’;
175	175	(ii) by striking the items relating to 23
176	176	California and inserting the following: 24
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180	180	‘‘California:
181	181	Northern ................................................................. 16
182	182	Eastern ................................................................... 8
183	183	Central .................................................................... 30
184	184	Southern ................................................................. 13’’;
185	185	(iii) by striking the items relating to 1
186	186	Florida and inserting the following: 2
187	187	‘‘Florida:
188	188	Northern ................................................................. 4
189	189	Middle ..................................................................... 17
190	190	Southern ................................................................. 18’’;
191	191	(iv) by striking the items relating to 3
192	192	Georgia and inserting the following: 4
193	193	‘‘Georgia:
194	194	Northern ................................................................. 12
195	195	Middle ..................................................................... 4
196	196	Southern ................................................................. 3’’;
197	197	(v) by striking the item relating to 5
198	198	Idaho and inserting the following: 6
199	199	‘‘Idaho .................................................................... 3’’; and
200	200	(vi) by striking the items relating to 7
201	201	Texas and inserting the following: 8
202	202	‘‘Texas:
203	203	Northern ................................................................. 13
204	204	Southern ................................................................. 21
205	205	Eastern ................................................................... 8
206	206	Western .................................................................. 13’’.
207	207	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 9
208	208	shall take effect on January 21, 2027. 10
209	209	(3) 2029.— 11
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213	213	(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall ap-1
214	214	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 2
215	215	Senate— 3
216	216	(i) 1 additional district judge for the 4
217	217	central district of California; 5
218	218	(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 6
219	219	eastern district of California; 7
220	220	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 8
221	221	northern district of California; 9
222	222	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 10
223	223	district of Colorado; 11
224	224	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 12
225	225	district of Delaware; 13
226	226	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 14
227	227	district of Nebraska; 15
228	228	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 16
229	229	eastern district of New York; 17
230	230	(viii) 1 additional district judge for 18
231	231	the northern district of Oklahoma; 19
232	232	(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 20
233	233	eastern district of Texas; 21
234	234	(x) 1 additional district judge for the 22
235	235	southern district of Texas; and 23
236	236	(xi) 1 additional district judge for the 24
237	237	western district of Texas. 25
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241	241	(B) TABLES.—The table contained in sec-1
242	242	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, as 2
243	243	amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection, is 3
244	244	amended— 4
245	245	(i) by striking the items relating to 5
246	246	California and inserting the following: 6
247	247	‘‘California:
248	248	Northern ................................................................. 17
249	249	Eastern ................................................................... 9
250	250	Central .................................................................... 31
251	251	Southern ................................................................. 13’’;
252	252	(ii) by striking the item relating to 7
253	253	Colorado and inserting the following: 8
254	254	‘‘Colorado ............................................................... 8’’;
255	255	(iii) by striking the item relating to 9
256	256	Delaware and inserting the following: 10
257	257	‘‘Delaware ............................................................... 6’’;
258	258	(iv) by striking the item relating to 11
259	259	Nebraska and inserting the following: 12
260	260	‘‘Nebraska .............................................................. 4’’;
261	261	(v) by striking the items relating to 13
262	262	New York and inserting the following: 14
263	263	‘‘New York:
264	264	Northern ................................................................. 5
265	265	Southern ................................................................. 29
266	266	Eastern ................................................................... 16
267	267	Western .................................................................. 4’’;
268	268	(vi) by striking the items relating to 15
269	269	Oklahoma and inserting the following: 16
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273	273	‘‘Oklahoma:
274	274	Northern ................................................................. 4
275	275	Eastern ................................................................... 1
276	276	Western .................................................................. 6
277	277	Northern, Eastern,and Western ............................. 1’’; and
278	278	(vii) by striking the items relating to 1
279	279	Texas and inserting the following: 2
280	280	‘‘Texas:
281	281	Northern ................................................................. 13
282	282	Southern ................................................................. 22
283	283	Eastern ................................................................... 9
284	284	Western .................................................................. 14’’.
285	285	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 3
286	286	shall take effect on January 21, 2029. 4
287	287	(4) 2031.— 5
288	288	(A) I
289	289	N GENERAL.—The President shall ap-6
290	290	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 7
291	291	Senate— 8
292	292	(i) 1 additional district judge for the 9
293	293	district of Arizona; 10
294	294	(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 11
295	295	central district of California; 12
296	296	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 13
297	297	eastern district of California; 14
298	298	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 15
299	299	northern district of California; 16
300	300	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 17
301	301	southern district of California; 18
302	302	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 19
303	303	middle district of Florida; 20
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307	307	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 1
308	308	southern district of Florida; 2
309	309	(viii) 1 additional district judge for 3
310	310	the district of New Jersey; 4
311	311	(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 5
312	312	western district of New York; and 6
313	313	(x) 2 additional district judges for the 7
314	314	western district of Texas. 8
315	315	(B) T
316	316	ABLES.—The table contained in sec-9
317	317	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, as 10
318	318	amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is 11
319	319	amended— 12
320	320	(i) by striking the item relating to Ar-13
321	321	izona and inserting the following: 14
322	322	‘‘Arizona ................................................................. 14’’;
323	323	(ii) by striking the items relating to 15
324	324	California and inserting the following: 16
325	325	‘‘California:
326	326	Northern ................................................................. 18
327	327	Eastern ................................................................... 10
328	328	Central .................................................................... 32
329	329	Southern ................................................................. 14’’;
330	330	(iii) by striking the items relating to 17
331	331	Florida and inserting the following: 18
332	332	‘‘Florida:
333	333	Northern ................................................................. 4
334	334	Middle ..................................................................... 18
335	335	Southern ................................................................. 19’’;
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339	339	(iv) by striking the item relating to 1
340	340	New Jersey and inserting the following: 2
341	341	‘‘New Jersey ........................................................... 19’’;
342	342	(v) by striking the items relating to 3
343	343	New York and inserting the following: 4
344	344	‘‘New York:
345	345	Northern ................................................................. 5
346	346	Southern ................................................................. 29
347	347	Eastern ................................................................... 16
348	348	Western .................................................................. 5’’; and
349	349	(vi) by striking the items relating to 5
350	350	Texas and inserting the following: 6
351	351	‘‘Texas:
352	352	Northern ................................................................. 13
353	353	Southern ................................................................. 22
354	354	Eastern ................................................................... 9
355	355	Western .................................................................. 16’’.
356	356	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 7
357	357	shall take effect on January 21, 2031. 8
358	358	(5) 2033.— 9
359	359	(A) I
360	360	N GENERAL.—The President shall ap-10
361	361	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 11
362	362	Senate— 12
363	363	(i) 2 additional district judges for the 13
364	364	central district of California; 14
365	365	(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 15
366	366	northern district of California; 16
367	367	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 17
368	368	district of Colorado; 18
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372	372	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 1
373	373	middle district of Florida; 2
374	374	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 3
375	375	northern district of Florida; 4
376	376	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 5
377	377	northern district of Georgia; 6
378	378	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 7
379	379	southern district of New York; 8
380	380	(viii) 1 additional district judge for 9
381	381	the eastern district of Oklahoma; 10
382	382	(ix) 1 additional district judge for the 11
383	383	southern district of Texas; and 12
384	384	(x) 1 additional district judge for the 13
385	385	western district of Texas. 14
386	386	(B) T
387	387	ABLES.—The table contained in sec-15
388	388	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, as 16
389	389	amended by paragraph (4) of this subsection, is 17
390	390	amended— 18
391	391	(i) by striking the items relating to 19
392	392	California and inserting the following: 20
393	393	‘‘California:
394	394	Northern ................................................................. 19
395	395	Eastern ................................................................... 10
396	396	Central .................................................................... 34
397	397	Southern ................................................................. 14’’;
398	398	(ii) by striking the item relating to 21
399	399	Colorado and inserting the following: 22
400	400	‘‘Colorado ............................................................... 9’’;
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404	404	(iii) by striking the items relating to 1
405	405	Florida and inserting the following: 2
406	406	‘‘Florida:
407	407	Northern ................................................................. 5
408	408	Middle ..................................................................... 19
409	409	Southern ................................................................. 19’’;
410	410	(iv) by striking the items relating to 3
411	411	Georgia and inserting the following: 4
412	412	‘‘Georgia:
413	413	Northern ................................................................. 13
414	414	Middle ..................................................................... 4
415	415	Southern ................................................................. 3’’;
416	416	(v) by striking the items relating to 5
417	417	New York and inserting the following: 6
418	418	‘‘New York:
419	419	Northern ................................................................. 5
420	420	Southern ................................................................. 30
421	421	Eastern ................................................................... 16
422	422	Western .................................................................. 5’’;
423	423	(vi) by striking the items relating to 7
424	424	Oklahoma and inserting the following: 8
425	425	‘‘Oklahoma:
426	426	Northern ................................................................. 4
427	427	Eastern ................................................................... 2
428	428	Western .................................................................. 6
429	429	Northern, Eastern,and Western ............................. 1’’; and
430	430	(vii) by striking the items relating to 9
431	431	Texas and inserting the following: 10
432	432	‘‘Texas:
433	433	Northern ................................................................. 13
434	434	Southern ................................................................. 23
435	435	Eastern ................................................................... 9
436	436	Western .................................................................. 17’’.
437	437	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 11
438	438	shall take effect on January 21, 2033. 12
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442	442	(6) 2035.— 1
443	443	(A) I
444	444	N GENERAL.—The President shall ap-2
445	445	point, by and with the advice and consent of the 3
446	446	Senate— 4
447	447	(i) 2 additional district judges for the 5
448	448	central district of California; 6
449	449	(ii) 1 additional district judge for the 7
450	450	northern district of California; 8
451	451	(iii) 1 additional district judge for the 9
452	452	southern district of California; 10
453	453	(iv) 1 additional district judge for the 11
454	454	middle district of Florida; 12
455	455	(v) 1 additional district judge for the 13
456	456	southern district of Florida; 14
457	457	(vi) 1 additional district judge for the 15
458	458	district of New Jersey; 16
459	459	(vii) 1 additional district judge for the 17
460	460	eastern district of New York; and 18
461	461	(viii) 2 additional district judges for 19
462	462	the western district of Texas. 20
463	463	(B) T
464	464	ABLES.—The table contained in sec-21
465	465	tion 133(a) of title 28, United States Code, as 22
466	466	amended by paragraph (5) of this subsection, is 23
467	467	amended— 24
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471	471	(i) by striking the items relating to 1
472	472	California and inserting the following: 2
473	473	‘‘California:
474	474	Northern ................................................................. 20
475	475	Eastern ................................................................... 10
476	476	Central .................................................................... 36
477	477	Southern ................................................................. 15’’;
478	478	(ii) by striking the items relating to 3
479	479	Florida and inserting the following: 4
480	480	‘‘Florida:
481	481	Northern ................................................................. 5
482	482	Middle ..................................................................... 20
483	483	Southern ................................................................. 20’’;
484	484	(iii) by striking the item relating to 5
485	485	New Jersey and inserting the following: 6
486	486	‘‘New Jersey ........................................................... 20’’;
487	487	(iv) by striking the items relating to 7
488	488	New York and inserting the following: 8
489	489	‘‘New York:
490	490	Northern ................................................................. 5
491	491	Southern ................................................................. 30
492	492	Eastern ................................................................... 17
493	493	Western .................................................................. 5’’; and
494	494	(v) by striking the items relating to 9
495	495	Texas and inserting the following: 10
496	496	‘‘Texas:
497	497	Northern ................................................................. 13
498	498	Southern ................................................................. 23
499	499	Eastern ................................................................... 9
500	500	Western .................................................................. 19’’.
501	501	(C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph 11
502	502	shall take effect on January 21, 2035. 12
503	503	(b) T
504	504	EMPORARYJUDGESHIPS.— 13
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508	508	(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint, 1
509	509	by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 2
510	510	1 additional district judge for the eastern district of 3
511	511	Oklahoma. 4
512	512	(2) V
513	513	ACANCIES NOT FILLED .—The first va-5
514	514	cancy in the office of district judge in each of the 6
515	515	offices of district judge authorized by this sub-7
516	516	section, occurring 5 years or more after the con-8
517	517	firmation date of the judge named to fill the tem-9
518	518	porary district judgeship created in the applicable 10
519	519	district by this subsection, shall not be filled. 11
520	520	(3) E
521	521	FFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 12
522	522	take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 13
523	523	(c) A
524	524	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 14
525	525	(1) I
526	526	N GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 15
527	527	appropriated to carry out this section and the 16
528	528	amendments made by this section— 17
529	529	(A) for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026, 18
530	530	$12,965,330; 19
531	531	(B) for each of fiscal years 2027 and 20
532	532	2028, $23,152,375; 21
533	533	(C) for each of fiscal years 2029 and 2030, 22
534	534	$32,413,325; 23
535	535	(D) for each of fiscal years 2031 and 24
536	536	2032, $42,600,370; 25
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540	540	(E) for each of fiscal years 2033 and 1
541	541	2034, $51,861,320; and 2
542	542	(F) for fiscal year 2035 and each fiscal 3
543	543	year thereafter, $61,122,270. 4
544	544	(2) I
545	545	NFLATION ADJUSTMENT .—For each fiscal 5
546	546	year described in paragraph (1), the amount author-6
547	547	ized to be appropriated for such fiscal year shall be 7
548	548	increased by the percentage by which— 8
549	549	(A) the Consumer Price Index for the pre-9
550	550	vious fiscal year, exceeds 10
551	551	(B) the Consumer Price Index for the fis-11
552	552	cal year preceding the fiscal year described in 12
553	553	subparagraph (A). 13
554	554	(3) D
555	555	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 14
556	556	‘‘Consumer Price Index’’ means the Consumer Price 15
557	557	Index for All Urban Consumers (all items, United 16
558	558	States city average), published by the Bureau of 17
559	559	Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. 18
560	560	SEC. 4. ORGANIZATION OF TEXAS DISTRICT COURTS. 19
561	561	Section 124(b)(2) of title 28, United States Code, is 20
562	562	amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (3), by in-21
563	563	serting ‘‘and College Station’’ before the period at the end. 22
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567	567	SEC. 5. ORGANIZATION OF CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COURTS. 1
568	568	Section 84(d) of title 28, United States Code, is 2
569	569	amended by inserting ‘‘and El Centro’’ after ‘‘at San 3
570	570	Diego’’. 4
571	571	SEC. 6. GAO REPORTS. 5
572	572	(a) J
573	573	UDICIALCASELOADS.—Not later than 2 years 6
574	574	after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 7
575	575	General of the United States shall submit to the Com-8
576	576	mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee 9
577	577	on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and 10
578	578	make publicly available reports— 11
579	579	(1) evaluating— 12
580	580	(A) the accuracy and objectiveness of case- 13
581	581	related workload measures and methodologies 14
582	582	used by the Administrative Office of the United 15
583	583	States Courts for district courts of the United 16
584	584	States and courts of appeals of the United 17
585	585	States; 18
586	586	(B) the impact of non-case-related activi-19
587	587	ties of judges of the district courts of the 20
588	588	United States and courts of appeals of the 21
589	589	United States on judicial caseloads; and 22
590	590	(C) the effectiveness and efficiency of the 23
591	591	policies of the Administrative Office of the 24
592	592	United States Courts regarding senior judges; 25
593	593	and 26
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597	597	(2) providing any recommendations of the 1
598	598	Comptroller General with respect to the matters de-2
599	599	scribed in paragraph (1). 3
600	600	(b) D
601	601	ETENTIONSPACE.—The Comptroller General of 4
602	602	the United States shall submit to the Committee on the 5
603	603	Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judici-6
604	604	ary of the House of Representatives a report on an assess-7
605	605	ment of— 8
606	606	(1) a determination of the needs of Federal 9
607	607	agencies for detention space; 10
608	608	(2) efforts by Federal agencies to acquire de-11
609	609	tention space; and 12
610	610	(3) any challenges in determining and acquiring 13
611	611	detention space. 14
612	612	SEC. 7. PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY OF THE ARTICLE III JUDGE-15
613	613	SHIP RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE JUDICIAL 16
614	614	CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATES RE-17
615	615	PORT. 18
616	616	(a) I
617	617	NGENERAL.—The Administrative Office of the 19
618	618	United States Courts, in consultation with the Judicial 20
619	619	Conference of the United States, shall make publicly avail-21
620	620	able on their website, free of charge, the biennial report 22
621	621	entitled ‘‘Article III Judgeship Recommendations of the 23
622	622	Judicial Conference of the United States’’. 24
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626	626	(b) CONTENTS.—The report described in subsection 1
627	627	(a) should be released not less frequently than biennially 2
628	628	and contain the summaries and all related appendixes sup-3
629	629	porting the judgeship recommendations of the Judicial 4
630	630	Conference of the United States, including— 5
631	631	(1) the process used by the Judicial Conference 6
632	632	in developing the recommendations; 7
633	633	(2) any caseload and methodology changes; 8
634	634	(3) judgeship surveys with recommendations; 9
635	635	and 10
636	636	(4) specific information about each court for 11
637	637	which the Judicial Conference recommends addi-12
638	638	tional judgeships. 13
639	639	(c) S
640	640	UBMISSION TOCONGRESS.—The Administrative 14
641	641	Office of the United States Courts shall submit to the 15
642	642	Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Com-16
643	643	mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 17
644	644	copies of the report described in subsection (a). 18
645	645	Æ
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