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H.R.1633 / 103rd Congress

District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1993

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 99.

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Version 17 · Reported to House with amendment(s) · Jul 13, 1993

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts District of Columbia Judicial Reorganization Act of 1993 - Title I: Supreme Court of the District of Columbia - Amends the District of Columbia Code to establish the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (Court) consisting of a chief justice and six associate justices with jurisdiction over appeals from final decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that meet specified criteria. Allows the Court, at its discretion, to certify a case or class of cases for review before it has been determined by the D.C. Court of Appeals, but only under limited circumstances. Allows the Court to: (1) answer questions of law certified to it by the U.S. Supreme Court, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or the highest court of any State, if a question of D.C. law may be determinative of the case pending in the certifying court; and (2) order the certification of a question of law of another State to the highest court of such State. Provides for the temporary assignment of Court judges to and from other D.C. courts. Directs the chief justice of the Court to annually summon the active judges of the D.C. courts to a Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia for the purpose of advising as to the means of improving the administration of justice within the District of Columbia. Title II: Judges of the District of Columbia Courts - Makes the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, rather than the President, responsible for designating the chief justice or chief judge of a D.C. court. Redesignates hearing commissioners as judicial magistrates. Expands the duties of such magistrates to include cases involving the establishment of paternity, certain probate and tax matters, and child delinquency and neglect. Directs the Chief Judge of the Superior Court to conduct such studies on the utilization of judicial magistrates as the Board of Judges deem expedient. Directs the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to study and report to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia, for forwarding with any comments and recommendations to the Congress, on the feasibility of establishing a District of Columbia Night Court as a division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D–DC

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  • District of Columbia Committee
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    1. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 99.

    2. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on District of Columbia. H. Rept. 103-176.

    3. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on District of Columbia. H. Rept. 103-176.

    4. Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education Discharged.

    5. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 4.

    6. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    7. Subcommittee Hearings Held.

    8. Referred to the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education.

    9. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E888)

    10. Referred to the House Committee on District of Columbia.

    11. Introduced in House

    12. Introduced in House

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