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Union Calendar No. 597 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5037 
[Report No. 114–764] 
To authorize the establishment of a program of voluntary separation incentive 
payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts 
and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the establishment of a program of voluntary 
separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees 
of the District of Columbia courts and employees of 
the District of Columbia Public Defender Service. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 
Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation 
Incentive Payments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAM OF VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 17 of title 11, District 
of Columbia Official Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 11–1726 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 11–1726A. Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay-
ments 
‘‘The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration 
may, by regulation, establish a program substantially simi-
lar to the program established under subchapter II of 
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for nonjudicial 
employees of the District of Columbia courts courts, except 
that the maximum amount of the payment made under the 
program to any individual may not exceed the amount re-
ferred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States 
Code.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
of chapter 17 of title 11, District of Columbia Official 
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Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 11–1726 the following new item: 
‘‘11–1726A. Voluntary separation incentive payments.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR PROGRAM OF VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE. 
Section 305 of the District of Columbia Court Re-
form and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2–1605, 
D.C. Official Code) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The Director may establish a program substan-
tially similar to the program established under subchapter 
II of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, for employ-
ees of the Service Service, except that the maximum 
amount of the payment made under the program to any 
individual may not exceed the amount referred to in section 
3523(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 597 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5037 
[Report No. 114–764] 
A BILL 
To authorize the establishment of a program of vol-
untary separation incentive payments for non-
judicial employees of the District of Columbia 
courts and employees of the District of Columbia 
Public Defender Service. 
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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