Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022
Summary
Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022 This bill establishes the U.S. Immigration Courts, a system of courts to be independent of the executive branch. The bill also transfers all functions of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to the Immigration Courts, with some exceptions. (Currently, the EOIR, located in the Department of Justice, has authority to adjudicate immigration cases.) The trial division of the Immigration Courts shall have jurisdiction over various immigration-related matters, including (1) removal proceedings, (2) reviews of rescissions of lawful permanent resident status, and (3) reviews of credible fear determinations in applications for refugee status. The appellate division shall have jurisdiction over appeals of decisions by the trial division and certain Department of Homeland Security determinations. The bill establishes various requirements and authorities relating to the Immigration Courts, including qualifications, length of term in office, and mandatory retirement age for judges. Each appellate division judge must be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the appellate division shall appoint the trial division judges.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 3, 2022
Last action Dec 20, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Dec 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee on the Budget discharged.
lower
Dec 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-649, Part I.
lower
May 11, 2022
Introduced
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 12.
lower
May 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Committee
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 59 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Zoe Lofgren
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Anna G. Eshoo
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Foster
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn Bourdeaux
DDemocratic
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