Bill Details
HR.565 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-20 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-01-20
Policy Area
Law
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This bill would change the rules about where certain federal officials must live when they serve in Washington, D.C. Right now, some of these officials have special residency rules because they work in the District of Columbia. The bill would remove those special exceptions and treat D.C. more like other federal districts. It would apply only to people appointed after the law takes effect.
- It changes the residency rules for federal circuit judges so the D.C. exception is removed.
- It changes the rules for district judges, U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, and court clerks serving in the District of Columbia.
- For U.S. attorneys, the bill would require them to live in the district they serve, with the same nearby-residence exception already allowed for some districts in New York.
- The new rules would apply only to officials appointed after the bill becomes law, not to people already in office.
Official Summaries
District of Columbia Federal Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act of 2025
This bill requires U.S. district and circuit court judges, U.S. district court clerks, 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.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 565 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 565
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
January 20, 2025
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
Judicial Officials Residency Equality Act of 2025''.
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) Clerks.--Section 751(c) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``District of Columbia and the''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply only to individuals appointed after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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