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This bill, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2019, divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two judicial circuits: the new Ninth Circuit, composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, and Northern Mariana Islands, and the new Twelfth Circuit, composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. The bill authorizes the President to appoint additional circuit judges for both the former and new Ninth Circuits, and makes changes to the number and composition of the federal judicial circuits. It also addresses the assignment of existing circuit judges, seniority of judges, and the handling of cases pending before the former Ninth Circuit. Additionally, the bill allows for temporary assignment of circuit and district judges between the new Ninth and Twelfth Circuits, and authorizes appropriations to carry out the reorganization.