District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2177
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-04-26
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

District of Columbia

Federal district courts

Judges

Judicial procedure and administration

Law enforcement officers

State and local courts
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of</b> <b>2017</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2177 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2017 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2017 . 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.