,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,khanna 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,beyer1 and ,mr4 ,kennedy7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to establish a process by which
 the appointment of ,supreme ,court     
,justices can occur at regular time     
intervals1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supreme ,court ,term ,limits and   
,regular ,appointments ,act of #bjbj4   
#b4 ,supreme ,court term limits  7a7 ,in
 general ,chapter #a of title #bh1      
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #g4   
,term limits  7a7 ,appointment ,the     
,president shall1 during the first and  
third years after a year in which there 
is a ,presidential election1 nominate1  
and by and with the advice and consent  
of the ,senate1 appoint one ,justice of 
the ,supreme ,court4  7b7 ,effective    

date ,a ,justice appointed pursuant to  
subsection 7a7 shall be sworn into      
office on ,august #a of the year on     
which the appointment is made4  #h4     
,senior ,justices  7a7 ,in general      
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
if there are more than nine ,justices on
 the ,supreme ,court after an appointed 
,justice is sworn into office1 the      
,justice who has served on the ,supreme 
,court for the longest period of time   
shall be deemed a ,justice retired from 
regular active service under section    
#cga7;b74  7b7 ,exception ,no ,justice  
appointed before the date of enactment  
of this ,act shall be required to retire
 under subsection 7a74  #i4 ,waiver of  
advice and consent authority ,if the    
,senate does not exercise its advice and
 consent authority with respect to a    
,president's nominee to the ,supreme    
,court within #abj days after the       
nomination1 the ,senate shall be deemed 
to have waived its advice and consent   
authority with respect to such nominee1 

and the nominee shall be seated as a    
,justice of the ,supreme ,court4  4  7b7
 ,clerical amendment ,the table of      
sections for chapter #a of title #bh1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  #g4   
,term limits4 #h4 ,senior ,justices4 #i4
 ,waiver of advice and consent          
authority4  4  #c4 ,senior ,justices    
,section #bid of title #bh1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
amending subsection 7a7 to read as      
follows3  7a7 ,any ,chief ,justice of   
the ,united ,states or ,associate       
,justice of the ,supreme ,court who has 
retired from regular active service     
under section #cga7;b7 of this title    
shall be known and designated as a      
,senior ,justice and may continue to    
perform such judicial duties as such    
,justice is willing and able to         
undertake1 when designated and assigned 
by the ,chief ,justice of the ,united   
,states4  2  7#b7 in subsection 7d71 by 
striking of such court and all that     

follows through ,supreme ,court4 and    
inserting3 of such court1 except that   
any designation or assignment made to   
the ,supreme ,court shall be in         
accordance with subsection 7e742  7#c7  
by redesignating subsection 7e7 as      
subsection 7g72 and  7#d7 by inserting  
after subsection 7d7 the following3  7e7
 7#a7 ,when there is a vacancy on the   
,supreme ,court due to the death1       
disability certification under section  
#cgb1 or removal of a ,justice1 the     
retired ,chief ,justice of the ,united  
,states or ,associate ,justice of the   
,supreme ,court who has most recently   
become a ,senior ,justice shall be      
designated and assigned to serve as a   
,justice until an appointment is made   
under section #g of this title4  7#b7   
,if there is more than one vacancy on   
the ,supreme ,court1 the ,senior        
,justice who has served in such capacity
 for the least amount of time shall be  
designated and assigned to serve as a   
,justice by the ,chief ,justice until   

each vacancy on the ,supreme ,court is  
filled4  7f7 ,any ,chief ,justice of the
 ,united ,states or ,associate ,justice 
of the ,supreme ,court who has retired  
from regular active service under       
section #cgb may not be a ,senior       
,justice4  4  #d4 ,exception to         
appointment of a successor  7a7 ,retired
 justices ,section #cga of title #bh1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7d7-- 7,a7 by striking   
justice or2 and  7,b7 by inserting      
before the period at the end the        
following3 or designate a ,senior       
,justice in accordance with section     
#bid7;e7 to fill a vacancy resulting    
from the retirement of a justice under  
this section2 and  7#b7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7f7 ,any justice of
 the ,united ,states who has served a   
total of #ah years as a justice shall be
 treated as a justice retired from      
regular active service under this       
section1 unless the justice is otherwise
 eligible to retire as a result of a    

disability under section #cgb4  4  7b7  
,disabled justices ,section #cgb7;a7 of 
title #bh1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended in the first sentence1 by       
inserting after a successor the         
following3 or1 in the case of a justice 
of the ,united ,states1 fill the vacancy
 in accordance with section #bid7;e74