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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1632

To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific

references.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 1, 1993

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on the District of Columbia

A BILL

To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove

gender-specific references.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. REFERENCES IN ACT.

4 Whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed in

5 terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or other

6 provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to

7 that section or other provision of title 11, District of Co8 lumbia Code.
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1 SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF GENDER-SPECIFIC REFERENCES.

2 Title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended as

3 follows:

4 (1) Section 11–703(b) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘during his service’’ and inserting ‘‘while serving’’.

6 (2) Section 11–705(d) is amended by striking

7 ‘‘if he sat’’ and inserting ‘‘if the judge sat’’.

8 (3) Section 11–706(a) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘his duties’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

10 chief judge’s duties’’.

11 (4) Section 11–706(b) is amended by striking

12 ‘‘his successor’’ and inserting ‘‘the chief judge’s suc13 cessor’’.

14 (5) Section 11–709(2) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘he attended’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge attended’’.

16 (6) Section 11–709(3) is amended by striking

17 ‘‘his attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s attend18 ance’’.

19 (7) Section 11–721(d) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘he shall so state’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge shall so

21 state’’.

22 (8) Section 11–744 is amended—

23 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’

24 and inserting ‘‘the chief judge’’; and

25 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

26 ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The chief judge’’.
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1 (9) Section 11–904(b) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘during his service’’ and inserting ‘‘while serving’’.

3 (10) The second sentence of section 11–906(a)

4 is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The chief judge shall

5 attend to the discharge of the duties pertaining to

6 the office of chief judge and perform such additional

7 judicial work as the chief judge is able to perform.’’.

8 (11) Section 11–906(b) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The chief judge’’.

10 (12) Section 907(a) is amended by striking ‘‘his

11 duties’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

12 chief judge’s duties’’.

13 (13) Section 11–907(b) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’.

15 (14) Section 11–908(a) is amended by striking

16 ‘‘he is’’.

17 (15) Section 11–909(b)(2) is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

19 (16) Section 11–909(b)(3) is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

21 (17) The third sentence of section 11–1322 is

22 amended by striking ‘‘his salary’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘that person’s salary’’.

24 (18) Section 11–1501(a) is amended by striking

25 ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The President’’.
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1 (19) Section 11–1501(b) is amended—

2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),

3 by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘that person’’;

4 and

5 (B) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), and in

6 the last sentence, by striking ‘‘his’’ each place

7 it appears.

8 (20) Section 11–1502 is amended by striking

9 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

10 (21) Section 11–1503(a) is amended—

11 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘his

12 successor’’ and inserting ‘‘a successor’’;

13 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

14 ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The chief judge’’; and

15 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘A

16 judge may relinquish his position as chief

17 judge’’ and inserting ‘‘The chief judge may re18 linquish that position’’.

19 (22) Section 11–1503(b) is amended by striking

20 ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘that person’’.

21 (23) Section 11–1505(a) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

23 (24) Section 11–1505(b) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘judicial manpower in the court under his super-
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1 vision’’ and inserting ‘‘judicial personnel in the court

2 under the chief judge’s supervision’’.

3 (25) Section 11–1522(a)(1)(A) is amended by

4 striking ‘‘his’’.

5 (26) The last sentence of section 11–1522(a) is

6 amended by striking ‘‘Chairman of the Commission

7 one of his appointees’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the

8 Commission one of the members appointed pursuant

9 to paragraph (1)’’.

10 (27) Section 11–1522(b)(1) is amended by

11 striking ‘‘his’’.

12 (28) Section 11–1523(b) is amended by striking

13 ‘‘his predecessor’’ and inserting ‘‘that member’s

14 predecessor’’.

15 (29) Section 11–1523(c) is amended—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘his term’’ each place it

17 appears and inserting ‘‘that member’s term’’;

18 and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘his successor’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘that member’s successor’’.

21 (30) Section 11–1525(d) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘Chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair’’.

23 (31) Section 11–1526(b) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.
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1 (32) Section 11–1526(c)(1)(A) is amended by

2 striking ‘‘his’’.

3 (33) The last sentence of section 11–1526(c)(1)

4 is amended by striking ‘‘recover his salary and all

5 rights and privileges of his office.’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘recover salary and all rights and privileges pertain7 ing to the judge’s office.’’.

8 (34) Section 11–1526(c)(2) is amended—

9 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’

10 and inserting ‘‘the judge’’; and

11 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘his’’

12 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

13 judge’s’’, and by striking ‘‘his’’ the second place

14 it appears.

15 (35) Section 11–1526(c)(3) is amended by

16 striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears.

17 (36) Section 11–1527(a)(1) is amended by

18 striking ‘‘of his court’’ and inserting ‘‘of the court

19 in which the judge serves’’.

20 (37) Section 11–1527(a)(2) is amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘He’’ each place it appears

22 and inserting ‘‘The judge’’;

23 (B) in the second sentence, by striking

24 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’;
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1 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘his’’

2 and inserting ‘‘his or her’’; and

3 (D) in the third sentence, by striking

4 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

5 (38) The fourth sentence of section 11–

6 1527(a)(3) is amended by striking ‘‘of his court’’

7 and inserting ‘‘of the court in which the judge

8 serves’’.

9 (39) Section 11–1527(c)(2) is amended by

10 striking ‘‘his privilege’’ each place it appears and in11 serting ‘‘the witness’s privilege’’.

12 (40) Section 11–1527(c)(3) is amended by

13 striking ‘‘him’’ and ‘‘he’’ each place either appears

14 and inserting ‘‘that person’’.

15 (41) Section 11–1527(e) is amended by striking

16 ‘‘his’’.

17 (42) Section 11–1528(b) is amended—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

19 judge’’; and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

21 judge’s’’.

22 (43) Section 11–1530(a) is amended by striking

23 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.
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1 (44) Section 11–1530(a)(1) is amended by

2 striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting

3 ‘‘the judge’s’’.

4 (45) Section 11–1530(a)(2) is amended by

5 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

6 (46) Section 11–1530(a)(3) is amended by

7 striking ‘‘him or by him and his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

8 judge or by the judge and the judge’s’’.

9 (47) Section 11–1530(a)(4) is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the

11 judge’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears

13 and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

14 (48) Section 11–1530(a)(5) is amended by

15 striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting

16 ‘‘the judge’’.

17 (49) Section 11–1530(a)(6) is amended by

18 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

19 (50) Section 11–1530(a)(7) is amended by

20 striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

21 (51) Section 11–1561(8)(C) is amended by

22 striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting

23 ‘‘the child’’.

24 (52) Section 11–1561(9)(C) is amended by

25 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.
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1 (53) Section 11–1561(10)(C) is amended by

2 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

3 (54) Section 11–1562 is amended by striking

4 ‘‘he’’ each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b)

5 and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

6 (55) Section 11–1563 is amended—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears

8 in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘the

9 judge’s’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and ‘‘him’’ each place

11 either appears in such subsections and inserting

12 ‘‘the judge’’.

13 (56) Section 11–1563(c) is amended by striking

14 ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

15 judge’’.

16 (57) Section 11–1563(d) is amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘bring himself’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘be’’; and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the

20 judge’’.

21 (58) The first sentence of section 11–1564(a) is

22 amended by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and

23 inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

24 (59) The second sentence of section 11–1564(a)

25 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears;

2 and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

4 judge’’.

5 (60) The third sentence of section 11–1564(a)

6 is amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

7 judge’s’’.

8 (61) Section 11–1564(b) is amended by striking

9 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

10 (62) Section 11–1564(c) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

12 judge’’;

13 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ the first two places

14 it appears;

15 (C) by striking ‘‘his’’ the third place it ap16 pears and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’; and

17 (D) by striking ‘‘his’’ the fourth place it

18 appears.

19 (63) Section 11–1564(d)(1) is amended by

20 striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting

21 ‘‘the judge’s’’.

22 (64) Section 11–1564(d)(2)(A) is amended by

23 striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting

24 ‘‘the judge’’.
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1 (65) Section 11–1564(d)(2)(C) is amended by

2 striking ‘‘his’’.

3 (66) Section 11–1564(d)(4) is amended by

4 striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

5 (67) Section 11–1564(d)(7) is amended—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the

7 judge’’; and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears

9 and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

10 (68) Section 11–1564(e) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

13 judge’’.

14 (69) Section 11–1566(a) is amended—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears

16 and inserting ‘‘the judge’’; and

17 (B) by striking ‘‘bring himself’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘elect to be’’.

19 (70) Section 11–1566(b) is amended—

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘his’’

21 and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’;

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘him’’

23 and inserting ‘‘the judge’’; and

24 (C) in the second sentence, by striking

25 ‘‘Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
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1 (71) Section 11–1566(c) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’’.

3 (72) Section 11–1567(a) is amended—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and in5 serting ‘‘Mayor’’;

6 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

7 judge’s’’; and

8 (C) by striking ‘‘he or His’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘the judge or the judge’s’’.

10 (73) Section 11–1567(b) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

12 judge’’;

13 (B) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place

14 it appears and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’; and

15 (C) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears

16 and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

17 (74) Section 11–1568(a) is amended by striking

18 ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the

19 judge’s’’.

20 (75) The third sentence from the end of section

21 11–1568(c) is amended by striking ‘‘his death or

22 marriage or his ceasing’’ and inserting ‘‘the child’s

23 death or marriage or ceasing’’.

24 (76) Section 11–1568(d) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Mayor’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

4 Mayor’’.

5 (77) Section 11–1569 is amended by striking

6 ‘‘Commissioner’’ each place it appears and inserting

7 ‘‘Mayor’’.

8 (78) Section 11–1569(b) Sixth is amended by

9 striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

10 (79) Section 11–1569(e) is amended by striking

11 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the claimant’s’’.

12 (80) Section 11–1701(a) is amended by striking

13 ‘‘Chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair’’.

14 (81) Section 11–1702 is amended by striking

15 ‘‘him’’ in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘the

16 Chief Judge’’.

17 (82) Section 11–1703 (a) is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘He’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘The

19 Executive Officer’’.

20 (83) Section 11–1704 is amended by striking

21 ‘‘his’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘that’’.

22 (84) Section 11–1721 is amended by striking

23 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the clerk’’.
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1 (85) Section 11–1722 is amended by striking

2 ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Direc3 tor’’.

4 (86) Section 11–1723(b) is amended by striking

5 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘that’’.

6 (87) Section 11–1724 is amended—

7 (A) in the second sentence, by striking

8 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘that’’; and

9 (B) in the third sentence, by striking

10 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the chief judge’’.

11 (88) Section 11–1727(b) is amended—

12 (A) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘he’’

13 and inserting ‘‘the Executive Officer’’; and

14 (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking

15 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the judge’s’’.

16 (89) Section 11–1730(b) is amended by striking

17 ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Executive Officer’’.

18 (90) Section 11–1741 (4) and (7) are amended

19 by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the Executive Offi20 cer’s’’.

21 (91) Section 11–1741(9) is amended by striking

22 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Executive Officer’’.

23 (92) Section 11–1743(b) is amended by striking

24 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the President’s’’.
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1 (93) Section 11–1744(5) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Executive Officer’’.

3 (94) Section 11–1745(b) is amended—

4 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the

5 Executive Officer’’; and

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Com7 missioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.

8 (95) Section 11–1747 is amended by striking

9 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Executive Officer’’.

10 (96) Section 11–2102(a) is amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’ each place it appears

12 and inserting ‘‘the Register of Wills’’; and

13 (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking

14 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the Register of Wills’’.

15 (97) Section 11–2102(b) is amended—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘that

17 person’’; and

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘his’’.

19 (98) Section 11–2104 is amended by striking

20 ‘‘him’’ in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) and inserting

21 ‘‘the Register of Wills’’.

22 (99) Section 11–2104(b)(6) is amended by

23 striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the Register of Wills’’.

24 (100) Section 11–2104(c)(2) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’ the first place it ap2 pears; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ the second place it

4 appears and inserting ‘‘the’’.

5 (101) Section 11–2104(d) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the Register of Wills’’.

7 (102) Section 11–2104(e) is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘him’’ and ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the Register of

9 Wills’’.

10 (103) Section 11–2303 is amended by striking

11 ‘‘his’’ in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting

12 ‘‘those’’.

13 (104) Section 11–2306(a) is amended by strik14 ing ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the medical examiner’’.

15 (105) Section 11–2306(c) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘his’’.

17 (106) The first sentence of section 11–2307(a)

18 is amended by striking ‘‘his’’.

19 (107) The second sentence of section 11–

20 2307(a) is amended by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘the pathologist’s’’.

22 (108) Section 11–2308(a) is amended by strik23 ing ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the medical examiner’’.

24 (109) Section 11–2309(b) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Commissioner of the Dis2 trict of Columbia or his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

3 Mayor of the District of Columbia or the May4 or’s’’; and

5 (B) by striking ‘‘his assistants’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘the United States Attorney’s assistants’’.

7 (110) Section 11–2309(c) is amended by strik8 ing ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘such

9 person’’.

10 (111) Section 11–2311 is amended by striking

11 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘his or her’’.

12 (112) Section 11–2502 is amended by striking

13 ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘such person’s’’.

14 (113) Section 11–2503(a) is amended by strik15 ing ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘such person’’.

16 (114) Section 11–2503(b) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘him’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘that

18 member’’.

19 (115) Section 11–2504 is amended by striking

20 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘that attorney’’.

21 (116) Section 11–2601(1) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘case which he’’ and inserting ‘‘case in which

23 such person’’.

24 (117) The second sentence of section 11–2602

25 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘he’’ the first place it ap2 pears and inserting ‘‘he or she’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘him if he is’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘the defendant or respondent if such person

5 is’’.

6 (118) The third sentence of section 11–2602 is

7 amended by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘that per8 son’’.

9 (119) The sixth sentence of section 11–2602 is

10 amended—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘him if he is’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘the defendant or respondent if such person

13 is’’; and

14 (B) by striking ‘‘he may’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘such person may’’.

16 (120) Section 11–2603 is amended—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘such

18 person’s’’; and

19 (B) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘such

20 person’’.

21 (121) Section 11–2604(f) is amended by strik22 ing ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘such person’’.

23 (122) Section 11–2605(c) is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘such person’’.

25 (123) Section 11–2607 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Mayor’’; and

3 (B) by striking ‘‘his’’ and inserting ‘‘the

4 Mayor’s’’.

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