treated as an employee of the Federal Government 
for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 
of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(3) OTHER EXCEPTIONS.— 
(A) SELECTION
OF
JUDGES.—Effective 
upon the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union, the State shall select judges for any 
vacancy on the courts of the State. 
(B) RENAMING
OF
COURTS
AND
OTHER 
OFFICES.—Effective upon the date of the ad-
mission of the State into the Union, the State 
may rename any of its courts and any of the 
other offices of its court system. 
(C) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed— 
(i) to affect the service of any judge 
serving on a court of the District of Co-
lumbia on the day before the date of the 
admission of the State into the Union, or 
to require the State to select such a judge 
for a vacancy on a court of the State; or 
(ii) to waive any of the requirements 
of chapter 15 of title 11, District of Co-
lumbia Official Code (other than section
11–1501(a) of such Code), including sub-
chapter II of such chapter (relating to the 
District of Columbia Commission on Judi-
cial Disabilities and Tenure), with respect 
to the appointment and service of judges of 
the courts of the State. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL BENEFITS FOR EM-
PLOYEES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 
employee of the courts or court system of the State 
as of the day before the date described in subsection 
(e) and who, pursuant to section 11–1726(b) or sec-
tion 11–1726(c), District of Columbia Official Code, 
is treated as an employee of the Federal Government 
for purposes of receiving benefits under any chapter 
of subpart G of part III of title 5, United States 
Code, shall continue to be treated as an employee of 
the Federal Government for such purposes, notwith-
standing the termination of the provisions of this 
section under subsection (e). 
(2) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
EMPLOYER
CON-
TRIBUTION.—Beginning on the date described in 
subsection (e), the State shall be treated as the em-
ploying agency with respect to the benefits described 
in paragraph (1) which are provided to an individual
who, for purposes of receiving such benefits, is con-
tinued to be treated as an employee of the Federal 
Government under such paragraph. 
(c) CONTINUATION OF FUNDING.—Section 11241 of 
the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997 (section 11–1743 note, District 
of Columbia Official Code) shall apply with respect to the 
State and the courts and court system of the State after 
the date of the admission of the State into the Union in 
the same manner and to the same extent as such section 
applied with respect to the Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration in the District of Columbia and the courts 
and court system of the District of Columbia as of the 
day before the date of the admission of the State into the 
Union. 
(d) TREATMENT OF COURT RECEIPTS.— 
(1) DEPOSIT OF RECEIPTS INTO TREASURY.— 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), all money re-
ceived by the courts and court system of the State 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States. 
(2) CRIME
VICTIMS
COMPENSATION
FUND.— 
Section 16 of the Victims of Violent Crime Com-
pensation Act of 1996 (sec. 4–515, D.C. Official 
Code), relating to the Crime Victims Compensation
Fund, shall apply with respect to the courts and 
court system of the State in the same manner and 
to the same extent as such section applied to the 
courts and court system of the District of Columbia 
as of the day before the date of the admission of the 
State into the Union. 
(e) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 
other than paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and except as 
provided under subsection (b), shall terminate on the date 
on which the State provides written certification to the 
President that the State has in effect laws requiring the 
State to appropriate and make available funds for the op-
eration of the courts and court system of the State. 
Subtitle C—Other Programs and 
Authorities 
SEC. 321. APPLICATION OF THE COLLEGE ACCESS ACT. 
(a) CONTINUATION.—The District of Columbia Col-
lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; sec. 38– 
2701 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall apply with respect 
to the State, and to the public institution of higher edu-
cation designated by the State as the successor to the Uni-
versity of the District of Columbia, after the date of the 
admission of the State into the Union in the same manner 
and to the same extent as such Act applied with respect 
to the District of Columbia and the University of the Dis-
trict of Columbia as of the day before the date of the ad-
mission of the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section, 
other than with respect to the public institution of higher 
education designated by the State as the successor to the 
University of the District of Columbia, shall terminate 
upon written certification by the State to the President 
that the State has in effect laws requiring the State to 
provide tuition assistance substantially similar to the as-
sistance provided under the District of Columbia College 
Access Act of 1999. 
SEC. 322. APPLICATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OP-
PORTUNITY AND RESULTS ACT. 
(a) CONTINUATION.—The Scholarships for Oppor-
tunity and Results Act (division C of Public Law 112– 
10; sec. 38–1853.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code) shall 
apply with respect to the State after the date of the admis-
sion of the State into the Union in the same manner and 
to the same extent as such Act applied with respect to 
the District of Columbia as of the day before the date of 
the admission of the State into the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this section 
shall terminate upon written certification by the State to 
the President that the State has in effect laws requiring 
the State—
(1) to provide tuition assistance substantially 
similar to the assistance provided under the Scholar-
ships for Opportunity and Results Act; and 
(2) to provide supplemental funds to the public 
schools and public charter schools of the State in the 
amounts provided in the most recent fiscal year for 
public schools and public charter schools of the State 
or the District of Columbia (as the case may be) 
under such Act. 
SEC. 323. MEDICAID FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PER-
CENTAGE. 
(a) 
CONTINUATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), 
during the period beginning on the date of the admission 
of the State into the Union and ending on September 30 
of the fiscal year during which the State submits the cer-
tification described in subsection (b), the Federal medical 
assistance percentage for the State under title XIX of 
such Act shall be the Federal medical assistance percent-
age for the District of Columbia under such title as of 
the day before the date of the admission of the State into 
the Union. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The certification described in 
this subsection is a written certification by the State to 
the President that, during each of the first 5 fiscal years