serting ‘‘law or the laws of the District of Co-
lumbia’’.
(4) Section 433 of such Act is amended—
(A) in the heading by inserting ‘‘JUSTICES
AND’’ before ‘‘JUDGES’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘justices and’’ before
‘‘judges’’ each place it appears; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘justice or’’ before
‘‘judge’’ each place it appears.
(5) Section 434 of such Act is amended in sub-
sections (b)(3) and (d)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘justice or’’ before
‘‘judge’’ each place it appears;
(B) by inserting ‘‘justices or’’ before
‘‘judges’’ each place it appears; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘justice’s or’’ before
‘‘judge’s’’ each place it appears.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 11, D.C.
CODE.—
(1) Section 11–101(2), D.C. Code, is amended
by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), respectively, and by adding
before subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated) the
following:
‘‘(A) The Supreme Court of the District of Co-
lumbia.’’.
(2) Section 11–102, D.C. Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘§ 11–102. Status of Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia.
‘‘The highest court of the District of Columbia is the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Final judg-
ments, orders, and decrees of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia and of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals where review is denied by the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia are reviewable by the
Supreme Court of the United States in accordance with
section 1257 of title 28, United States Code.’’.
(3) The item relating to section 11–102 of the
table of contents of chapter 1 of title 11, D.C. Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘11–102. Status of Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.’’.
(c) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 11, D.C.
CODE.—
(1) Chapter 7 of title 11, D.C. Code, is amend-
ed by striking sections 11–707, 11–723, and 11–744
and by striking the items relating to such sections
in the table of contents of such chapter.
(2) Section 11–703(b), D.C. Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’.
(3) Section 11–708, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘not more than three law clerks for the
court.’’ and inserting ‘‘law clerks for the court and
law clerks and secretaries for the senior judges.’’.
(4) Section 11–722, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘Commissioner’’ and inserting ‘‘Mayor’’.
(5) Section 11–743, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘according to’’ and all that follows and in-
serting ‘‘in accordance with such rules and proce-
dures as it may adopt.’’.
(d) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 9 OF TITLE 11, D.C.
CODE.—
(1) Section 11–904(b), D.C. Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘$500’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’.
(2) Section 11–908(b), D.C. Code, is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(b) When the business of the Superior Court re-
quires, the chief judge may certify to the chief justice of
the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia the need
for an additional judge or judges as provided in section
11–607 and 11–707.’’.
(3) Section 11–910, D.C. Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In
addition, the chief judge may appoint and remove
law clerks for the court, who shall serve as directed
by the chief judge.’’.
(4) Section 11–946, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
each place it appears in the second and third sen-
tences and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia’’.
(e) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 15 OF TITLE 11,
D.C. CODE.—
(1) Section 11–1501, D.C. Code, is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘§ 11–1501. Appointment and qualifications of judges.
‘‘(a) Except as provided in section 434(d)(1) of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental
Reorganization Act, the President shall nominate, from
the list of persons recommended by the District of Colum-
bia Judicial Nomination Commission established under
section 434 of such Act, and, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint all justices and judges of
the District of Columbia courts.
‘‘(b) No person may be nominated or appointed a jus-
tice or judge of a District of Columbia court unless that
person—
‘‘(1) is a citizen of the United States;
‘‘(2) is an active member of the unified District
of Columbia Bar and has been engaged in the active
practice of law in the District for the five years im-
mediately preceding nomination or for such five
years has served as a judge of the United States or
the District of Columbia, has been on the faculty of
a law school in the District, or has been employed
as a lawyer by the United States or the District of
Columbia government;
‘‘(3) is a bona fide resident of the District of
Columbia and has maintained an actual place of
abode in the District for at least 90 days imme-
diately prior to nomination, and shall retain such
residency as long as he or she serves as such judge,
except judges appointed prior to December 23,
1973, who retain residency in Montgomery or Prince
Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax
Counties (or any cities within the outer boundaries
thereof) or the city of Alexandria in Virginia shall
not be required to be residents of the District to be
eligible for reappointment or to serve any term to
which reappointed;
‘‘(4) is recommended to the President, for such
nomination and appointment, by the District of Co-
lumbia Judicial Nomination Commission; and
‘‘(5) has not served, within a period of 2 years
prior to nomination, as a member of the District of
Columbia Commission on Judicial Disabilities and
Tenure or of the District of Columbia Judicial Nom-
ination Commission.’’.
(2) Section 11–1504(a)(1), D.C. Code, is
amended by striking the period at the end of the
first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘, except
that a retired judge may not serve or perform judi-
cial duties on the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia.’’.
(3) Section 11–1505(a), D.C. Code, is amended
in the second sentence by striking ‘‘District’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘court of the District of
Columbia on which the judge serves.’’.
(4) Subchapter I of chapter 15 of title 11, D.C.
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘§ 11–1506. Definitions.
‘‘For purposes of this chapter—
‘‘(1) the term ‘judge’ means any justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, or any
judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals
or the Superior Court; and
‘‘(2) the term ‘chief judge’ means the chief jus-
tice of the Supreme Court of the District of Colum-
bia, or the chief judges of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals or the Superior Court, as appro-
priate.’’.
(5) Section 11–1526, 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’’.
(6) Section 11–1528, D.C. Code, is amended in
subsection (a)(2)(C) by inserting ‘‘the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia or’’ after ‘‘ele-
vation to’’.
(7) Section 11–1529, D.C. Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘District of Columbia Court of Appeals’’
and inserting ‘‘Supreme Court of the District of Co-
lumbia’’.
(8) Section 11–1561, D.C. Code, is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘any
justice of the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia,’’ before ‘‘any judge’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘a jus-
tice in the Supreme Court of the District of Co-
lumbia,’’ before ‘‘a judge’’.
(9) The table of sections for subchapter I of
chapter 15 of title 11, D.C. Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘11–1506. Definitions.’’.
(f) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 17 OF TITLE 11,
D.C. CODE.—
(1) Section 11–1701, D.C. Code, is amended—
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) There shall be a Joint Committee on Judicial
Administration in the District of Columbia (hereafter in
this chapter referred to as the ‘Joint Committee’) consist-
ing (during the first 3 fiscal years that begin after the
date of the enactment of the District of Columbia Judicial
Reorganization Act of 1993) of the chief justice of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Columbia (who shall serve
as chairperson) and two other justices of such court, the
chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals,
and the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District
of Columbia and two additional judges of such court.’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by amending paragraph (4) to read
as follows:
‘‘(4) Preparation and publication of an annual
report of the District of Columbia court system re-
garding the work of the courts, the performance of
the duties enumerated in this chapter, and any rec-
ommendations relating to the courts.’’, and
(ii) by striking paragraphs (6) and (9)
and redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8)
as paragraphs (6) and (7); and
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) by amending paragraph (2) to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) formulate and enforce standards for out-
side activities of and receipt of compensation by the
judges of the District of Columbia court system;’’,
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘,
and institute such changes’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘justice’’,
(iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
paragraph (3),
(iv) by striking the period at the end
of paragraph (4) and inserting a semi-
colon, and
(v) by adding at the end the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(5) submit the annual budget requests of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Dis-
trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Superior
Court to the Mayor of the District of Columbia as
part of the integrated budget of the District of Co-
lumbia court system, except that any such request
may be modified upon the concurrence of 5 of the
7 members of the Joint Committee; and
‘‘(6) with the concurrence of the chief justice of
the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and
the respective chief judges of the other District of
Columbia courts, prepare and implement other poli-
cies and practices for the District of Columbia court
system and resolve other matters which may be of
joint and mutual concern of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, and the Superior Court.’’.
(2) Section 11–1702, D.C. Code, is amended—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘the
chief justice and the’’ after ‘‘of’’;
(B) by redesignating subsections (a) and
(b) as subsections (b) and (c); and
(C) by inserting before subsection (b) the
following new subsection:
‘‘(a) The chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia, in addition to the authority con-
ferred by chapter 6 of this title, shall supervise the inter-
nal administration of that court—