H.R. 3426
Requires courtroom sharing and limits new courthouses
Sets courtroom-sharing rules for federal judges and blocks new courthouse construction that does not follow them.
- Requires shared courtrooms for magistrate, bankruptcy, and senior district judges
- Sets two courtrooms per three active district judges in courthouses with 10 or more
- Bars new courthouse construction that does not meet the courtroom sharing rules
- Requires existing space to be used or given up; orders design guide update in 180 days
Passed the House · Senate's turn