1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act of 2024 or the JUDGES Act of 2024 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Article III of the Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to establish judgeships in the district courts of the United States. (2) Congress has not created a new district court judgeship since 2003 and has not enacted comprehensive judgeship legislation since 1990. (3) This represents the longest period of time since district courts of the United States were established in 1789 that Congress has not authorized any new permanent district court judgeships. (4) By the end of fiscal year 2022, filings in the district courts of the United States had increased by 30 percent since the last comprehensive judgeship legislation. (5) As of March 31, 2023, there were 686,797 pending cases in the district courts of the United States, with an average of 491 weighted case filings per judgeship over a 12-month period. (6) To deal with increased filings in the district courts of the United States, the Judicial Conference of the United States requested the creation of 66 new district court judgeships in its 2023 report. 3. Additional district judges for the district courts (a) Additional judgeships (1) 2025 On or after January 21, 2025, the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate— (A) 1 additional district judge for the district of Arizona; (B) 5 additional district judges for the central district of California; (C) 2 additional district judges for the eastern district of California; (D) 3 additional district judges for the northern district of California; (E) 1 additional district judge for the southern district of California; (F) 1 additional district judge for the district of Colorado; (G) 1 additional district judge for the district of Delaware; (H) 2 additional district judges for the middle district of Florida; (I) 1 additional district judge for the southern district of Florida