District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
Bill: H.R.8287 | Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-DC)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
This bill authorizes the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia to establish a voluntary separation incentive payments program for nonjudicial employees of the District's courts substantially similar to that for certain federal employees and members of the uniformed services, except that the maximum payment amount to any individual may not exceed $25,000.
Additionally, the District's Public Defender Service may establish such a program for its employees, again limiting the maximum payment amount to any individual to $25,000.

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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 DISTRICT 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:
``Sec. 11-1726A. Voluntary separation incentive payments
    ``The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration may, by 
regulation, establish a program substantially similar 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, 
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.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of chapter 17 of 
title 11, District of Columbia Official 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 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER 
              SERVICE.

    Section 305 of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal 
Procedure Act of 1970 (sec. 2-1605, D.C. Official Code) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) The Director may establish a program substantially similar to 
the program established under subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, 
United States Code, for employees of the 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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