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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3786
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 8, 2021
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 resi-
dency requirements for certain officials serving in the
District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia
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Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2021’’.
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SEC. 2. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN OFFI-
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CIALS SERVING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-
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BIA.
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(a) CIRCUIT JUDGES.—Section 44(c) of title 28,
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United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘Except in the District of Co-
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lumbia, each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘his appointment’’ and inserting
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‘‘his or her appointment’’; and
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(3) by striking ‘‘state’’ and inserting ‘‘State’’.
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(b) DISTRICT JUDGES.—Section 134 of title 28,
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United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the first sentence of subsection (b)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘the District of Columbia,
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the Southern District of New York, and’’ and
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inserting ‘‘the Southern District of New York
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and’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘for which he’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘for which he or she’’; and
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(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘his’’ each
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place it appears and inserting ‘‘his or her’’.
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(c) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—Section 545(a) of
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title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the
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first sentence and inserting ‘‘Each United States attorney
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shall reside in the district for which he or she is appointed,
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except that those officers of the Southern District of New
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York and the Eastern District of New York may reside
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within 20 miles thereof.’’.
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(d) UNITED STATES MARSHALS.—Section 561(e)(1)
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of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as
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follows:
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‘‘(1) the marshal for the Southern District of
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New York may reside within 20 miles of the district;
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and’’.
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(e) CLERKS.—Section 751(c) of title 28, United
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States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia
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and the’’.
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall apply only to individuals appointed after
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the date of the enactment of this Act.
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