House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into two judicial circuits, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Simpson R-IDWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 634.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 9.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 78 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 634, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/634
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 23, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Simpson.
- H.R. 4754 (119th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
- H.R. 9171 (119th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
- H.R. 6279 (119th) Urban Canal Modernization Act
- H.R. 319 (119th) To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.