Columbia, and shall be subject to its disciplinary jurisdic-
tion.’’.
(2) Section 11–2502, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia’’.
(3) Section 11–2503, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia’’.
(4) Section 11–2504, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
and inserting ‘‘other courts of the District of Colum-
bia’’.
(h) AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 26 OF TITLE 11, D.C.
CODE.—Section 11–2607, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
(i) AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 13, D.C.
CODE.—Section 13–302, D.C. Code, is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,’’
after ‘‘process of’’.
(j) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 3 OF TITLE 17, D.C.
CODE.—
(1) The chapter heading for chapter 3 of title
17, D.C. Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SU-
PREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS.’’.
(2) Section 17–302, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia’’.
(3) Section 17–305, D.C. Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
shall apply the same standards regarding the scope of re-
view and the reversal of judgment as the District of Co-
lumbia Court of Appeals applies under subsections (a) and
(b).’’.
(4) Section 17–306, D.C. Code, is amended by
inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of Colum-
bia or the’’ before ‘‘District’’.
(k) AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 5, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Section 5102(c)(4) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘the chief judges’’ and inserting
‘‘the chief justice and the associate justices of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia and the chief
judges’’.
(l) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 18, UNITED STATES
CODE.—(1) Section 3006A(k) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘the
Superior Court’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the District
of Columbia Court of Appeals, or the Superior Court of
the District of Columbia.’’.
(2) Section 6001(4) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘the Supreme Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia,’’ before ‘‘the District of Columbia Court
of Appeals,’’.
(m) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28, UNITED STATES
CODE.—(1) Section 1257(b) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court
of Appeals’’ and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia’’.
(2) Section 2113 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Ap-
peals’’ and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia’’.
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other sums au-
thorized to be appropriated to the District of Columbia,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the District of
Columbia for costs incurred by the District of Columbia
in implementing the amendments made by sections 101
and 103 and in carrying out section 102 the following
amounts:
(1) $1,200,000 for fiscal year 1994.
(2) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.
(3) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
(4) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1997.
(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
(6) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1999.
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated
pursuant to the authorization referred to in subsection (a)
shall remain available to the District of Columbia until
expended.
SEC. 105. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 102, this title and the
amendments made by this title shall take effect 6 months
after the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE II—JUDGES OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUDGE.
Section 11–1503(a), D.C. Code, is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
chief justice or chief judge of a District of Columbia court
shall be designated by the District of Columbia Judicial
Nomination Commission from among the judges of the
court in regular active service. A chief judge shall serve
for a term of 4 years or until a successor is designated,
and shall be eligible for redesignation. A judge may relin-
quish the position of chief judge, after giving notice to the
District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the first sentence of paragraph
(1), the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia shall be appointed in accordance with
section 102(a) of the District of Columbia Judicial Reor-
ganization Act of 1993.’’.
SEC. 202. COMPOSITION OF SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Section 11–903, D.C. Code, is amended—
(1) effective October 1, 1993, by striking ‘‘fifty-
eight’’ and inserting ‘‘sixty’’; and
(2) effective October 1, 1994, by striking
‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘sixty-two’’.
SEC. 203. STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA NIGHT COURT.
(a) STUDY.—The Executive Officer of the District of
Columbia courts shall conduct a study of the feasibility
and desirability of establishing a District of Columbia
Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the
District of Columbia.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Officer shall
submit a report on the study conducted under subsection
(a) to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in
the District of Columbia, which shall forward the study
together with any comments and recommendations to Con-
gress not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 204. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 202, the amendments
made by sections 201 and 202 shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—SEVERABILITY
If any particular provision of this Act, or the applica-
tion thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,
the remainder of this Act and the application of such pro-
vision to other persons or circumstances shall not be af-
fected thereby.
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