[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2239 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2239 To reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2013 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reduce the number of Federal judgeships for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Court-Packing Act''. SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS FOR U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT. The table contained in section 44(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the item relating to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals, by striking ``11'' and inserting ``8''. <all>