28 U.S.C. § 44
Appointment, tenure, residence and salary of circuit judges
United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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Circuits
Number of
Judges
District of Columbia
11
First
6
Second
13
Third
14
Fourth
15
Fifth
17
Sixth
16
Seventh
11
Eighth
11
Ninth
29
Tenth
12
Eleventh
12
Federal
12.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to apply to the United States Postal Service certain provisions of law providing for Federal agency safety programs and responsibilities, to provide for cost-of-living adjustments of Federal executive salaries, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An Act to provide for the appointment of additional district and circuit judges, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1983House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Judicial Improvements Act of 1990House: 386–18Senate: no recorded tally
- A bill to make certain technical corrections in the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998House: 282–110Senate: no recorded tally
- Court Security Improvement Act of 2007House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally