Title: District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2019
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2019
This bill requires U.S. district and circuit court judges, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals who are appointed to serve in the District of Columbia to be residents of the District of Columbia.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3785 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3785

    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

                             July 16, 2019

  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 2019''.

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

    (a) Circuit Judges.--Section 44(c) of title 28, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except in the District of Columbia, 
        each'' and inserting ``Each'';
            (2) by striking ``his appointment'' and inserting ``his or 
        her appointment''; and
            (3) by striking ``state'' and inserting ``State''.
    (b) 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''.
    (c) 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.''.
    (d) 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''.
    (e) 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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