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Supreme Court Term Limits and Regular Appointments Act of 2025

House

Establishes 18 year staggered Supreme Court terms with biennial appointments and a 120 day Senate confirmation deadline

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

Senate

A constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court of the United States to have nine justices

Latest action: Thu Feb 06 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

House

A constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to consist of nine justices, including one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices

Latest action: Mon Jul 06 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes ethics, recusal, and transparency requirements for the Supreme Court in 2025

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

House

A constitutional amendment requiring the Supreme Court to have nine justices

Latest action: Wed Jan 22 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

House

Establishes ethics and investigative requirements for the Supreme Court by creating standards and oversight mechanisms

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2025

House

Establishes ethics recusal and transparency requirements for the Supreme Court and its justices

Latest action: Tue May 20 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Ethics and Investigations Act

Senate

Establishes ethics and investigative requirements for the Supreme Court and its justices

Latest action: Wed Feb 25 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Representative Green's Original Legislation to increase from 9 to 13 the number of justices of the Supreme Court.

House

Increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to thirteen by changing the size of the Court

Latest action: Mon May 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

No Fencing at the United States Supreme Court Act

House

Prohibits fencing at the United States Supreme Court as stated in the measure's title

Latest action: Tue May 26 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization Act of 2025

House

Establishes term limits and updated retirement rules for Supreme Court justices through a tenure modernization framework

Latest action: Wed May 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for term limits for justices of the Supreme Court.

House

A constitutional amendment to set term limits for Supreme Court justices

Latest action: Mon May 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Justice Circuit Riding Act

House

Amend title 28 to assign Supreme Court justices to federal judicial circuits through circuit allotment

Latest action: Thu Jun 11 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2025

Senate

Require the Supreme Court to issue and enforce internal rules aimed at preventing unauthorized disclosure of nonpublic court information

Latest action: Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act of 2025

Senate

Increases the maximum prison term for targeted picketing or parading near buildings or residences used by judges and other court participants to influence or obstruct the administration of justice

Latest action: Tue Feb 04 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Protecting Our Supreme Court Justices Act of 2025

House

Protect federal protection for Supreme Court justices through Judiciary Committee legislation in the courts and civil liberties area

Latest action: Tue Apr 08 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of office of the judges of the Supreme Court and inferior courts.

House

A constitutional amendment to limit terms of office for Supreme Court and lower federal court judges

Latest action: Fri Jan 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

House

Celebrates the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Senate

Commemorates the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision by celebrating the June 24, 2022 ruling on abortion

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Condemning the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and committing to advancing reproductive justice and judicial reform.

House

Condemns the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey while committing the House to reproductive justice and judicial reform

Latest action: Tue Dec 09 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Ethics Act

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action: Thu Jul 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2026

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action: Wed Jul 22 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

A resolution recognizing and honoring the 27th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v L.C.

Senate

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3216-3217)

Latest action: Wed Jun 24 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Supporting the efforts of the Trump Administration to obtain a rehearing of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Trump v. Barbara, and for other purposes.

House

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Latest action: Wed Jul 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Condemning a legal opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on June 18, 2026, regarding the Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 Supreme Court decision that recognized institutional isolation of people with disabilities as discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Latest action: Mon Aug 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit any person who has citizenship or nationality of, or otherwise owes allegiance to, a country other than the United States from serving as a Representative or Senator in Congress, a Judge of the Supreme Court or any inferior court, an Ambassador, public Minister or Consul, or any other officer of the United States which requires the advice and consent of the Senate, or the President or Vice President unless the person formally and permanently relinquishes such citizenship, nationality, or allegiance.

House

Propose a constitutional amendment barring dual citizens or others owing foreign allegiance from serving in specified federal offices unless they permanently renounce that status

Latest action: Wed Jun 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Court Shopping Deterrence Act

House

Gives the U.S. Supreme Court exclusive authority to hear appeals of nationwide injunctions issued by district courts

Latest action: Fri Mar 21 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Senate

Require the Supreme Court to allow television coverage of open sessions except when a majority finds it would violate a party's due process rights in a particular case

Latest action: Tue Jun 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025

Senate

Establishes a framework for media coverage of federal court proceedings, allowing judges to permit photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising in federal courts and the Supreme Court

Latest action: Tue Jun 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Cameras in the Courtroom Act

House

Authorize cameras in courtrooms to allow courtroom proceedings to be recorded or broadcast more broadly

Latest action: Wed Mar 26 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act

House

Funds the Department of Homeland Security through the rest of FY2026, ending the partial shutdown and authorizing back pay for affected employees

Latest action: Thu Apr 02 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Appropriate FY2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, end the partial shutdown, and authorize back pay and approval of shutdown-related obligations

Latest action: Mon Mar 09 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Extends FY2026 continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security through May 22, 2026, while authorizing shutdown back pay and ratifying certain obligations incurred during the partial shutdown

Latest action: Thu Apr 30 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026

House

Funds FY2026 financial services, general government, national security, Department of State, and related foreign assistance programs while setting conditions on the use of appropriated funds

Latest action: Thu Jan 15 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

Shadow Docket Sunlight Act of 2025

Senate

Increase public transparency around the Supreme Court's emergency orders and other shadow docket decisions

Latest action: Wed Dec 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Bill

To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.

House

Directs the Library of Congress to replace hardbound Constitution Annotated volumes and pocket-part supplements with digital editions published online beginning with the 2025 Supreme Court term supplement

Latest action: Tue Apr 01 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)