# 117-hr-4886: District Court Judgeships Act of 2021

117-hr-4886, District Court Judgeships Act of 2021, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-4886
- Congress: 117
- Title: District Court Judgeships Act of 2021
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Introduced: 2021-07-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 25
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

District Court Judgeships Act of 2021 This bill requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges and converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships. Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 203 district court judges in specified judicial districts in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. Additionally, the bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.

## Cosponsors (25)

- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14] (D-CA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] (D-PA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17] (D-NY), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] (D-CA), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2021-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4] (D-AZ), 2021-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-33] (D-CA), 2022-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2022-05-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
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- 117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021
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- 117-hr-3807: Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022

## Sources
- [117-hr-4886 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4886)

## Related
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- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-4: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4)
- [117-hr-4104: Vanessa Guillén Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-4104)
- [117-hr-3807: Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-3807)
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