Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 2026

This bill would redraw the boundaries of three federal appeals court circuits. Alaska, Idaho, and Montana would move from the Ninth Circuit, and Wyoming from the Tenth Circuit, into the Eighth Circuit. Arizona and Nevada would move from the Ninth Circuit to the Tenth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit would keep California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The bill sets judge counts at 15 for the Eighth, 21 for the Ninth, and 16 for the Tenth Circuit; reassigns sitting judges by location; changes which past court rulings are binding in states that switch circuits; sets rules for pending appeals; and asks the General Services Administration to plan a new courthouse near Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Sponsors

• Mike Lee Republican sponsor
• 6 cosponsors