Title: District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017
This bill removes exceptions to residency requirements for federal district court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals serving in the District of Columbia.
Under the bill: (1) federal district court judges serving in the District of Columbia must reside in the District of Columbia or one of the districts for which they are appointed; and (2) U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals appointed for the District of Columbia, and U.S. marshals for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, must reside in the District of Columbia.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2177 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2177

    To amend title 28, United States Code, to change the residency 
requirements for certain officials serving in the District of Columbia, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2017

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 28, United States Code, to change the residency 
requirements for certain officials serving in the District of Columbia, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 Federal 
Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS SERVING IN THE 
              DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

    (a) District Judges.--Section 134 of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``the District of Columbia, the 
                Southern District of New York, and'' and inserting 
                ``the Southern District of New York and''; and
                    (B) by striking ``for which he'' and inserting 
                ``for which he or she''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``his'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``his or her''.
    (b) United States Attorneys.--Section 545(a) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting 
``Each United States attorney shall reside in the district for which he 
or she is appointed, except that those officers of the Southern 
District of New York and the Eastern District of New York may reside 
within 20 miles thereof.''.
    (c) United States Marshals.--Section 561(e)(1) of title 28, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) the marshal for the Southern District of New York may 
        reside within 20 miles of the district; and''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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