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District of Columbia Federal Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act of 2025
To amend title 28, United States Code, to change the residency requirements for certain officials serving in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to modify residency requirements for federal judicial officials and court personnel serving in the District of Columbia. The bill removes the exemption that previously allowed circuit judges, district judges, and court clerks serving in the District of Columbia to have different residency requirements than judges and clerks in other jurisdictions, bringing D.C. officials under the same residency standards as officials elsewhere. The bill also modifies residency requirements for U.S. Attorneys and U.S. Marshals serving in the District of Columbia, while preserving flexibility for officials in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. The changes apply only to individuals appointed after the bill's enactment.
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- Jan 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 20, 2025 Introduced in House
- Jan 20, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E49)
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 20, 2025
Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 28, United States Code, to change the residency requirements for certain officials serving in the District of Columbia, 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 “District of Columbia Federal Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS SERVING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
(a) Circuit Judges.—Section 44(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “Except in the District of Columbia, each” and inserting “Each”;
(2) by striking “his appointment” and inserting “his or her appointment”; and
(3) by striking “state” and inserting “State”.
(b) District Judges.—Section 134 of title 28, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (b)—
(A) by striking “the District of Columbia, the Southern District of New York, and” and inserting “the Southern District of New York and”; and
(B) by striking “for which he” and inserting “for which he or she”; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking “his” each place it appears and inserting “his or her”.
(c) United States Attorneys.—Section 545(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting “Each United States attorney shall reside in the district for which he or she is appointed, except that those officers of the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York may reside within 20 miles thereof.”.
(d) United States Marshals.—Section 561(e)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(1) the marshal for the Southern District of New York may reside within 20 miles of the district; and”.
(e) Clerks.—Section 751(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking “District of Columbia and the”.
(f) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply only to individuals appointed after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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