To establish a panel to review certiorari petitions, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8992 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8992 To establish a panel to review certiorari petitions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2026 Mr. Raskin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish a panel to review certiorari petitions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Supreme Court Certiorari Oversight and Transparency Standards Act'' or the ``SCCOTUS Act''. SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION PANEL. (a) In General.--Chapter 81 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1254 the following: ``Sec. 1255. Supreme Court certification panel ``(a) Establishment.--There is established a body to be known as the Supreme Court Certification Panel (hereinafter `the Panel'). ``(b) Composition.--The Panel shall consist of 13 circuit judges of the United States courts of appeals. ``(c) Random Selection and Rotation.-- ``(1) Term designations.--At the beginning of each term of the Supreme Court, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall, using the random selection process established under subsection (g)(11)(B), designate 1 circuit judge from each United States court of appeals, who shall serve on the Panel for that term. ``(2) Designation process.--Each circuit judge designated under this section shall be-- ``(A) an active judge who has served in Federal judicial office not less than 5 years; or ``(B) a senior or retired judge who is listed on the roster maintained under section 294. ``(3) Consecutive service.--No judge may serve on the