,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjai,ms4
 ,norton introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,rules1 for a      
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,district of ,columbia ,home  
,rule ,act to provide for the automatic 
appointment of judges to the ,district  
of ,columbia courts without the advice  
and consent of the ,senate1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,district of   
,columbia ,courts ,vacancy ,reduction   
,act4  #b4 ,automatic appointment of    
judges to ,district of ,columbia courts 
7a7 ,appointments by ,president  7#a7   
,in general ,section #dcc7;a7 of the    
,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 

7sec4 #a-bjd4cc7;a71 ,d4,c4 ,official   
,code7 is amended by striking the       
,president shall nominate and all that  
follows and inserting the following3    
from the list of persons recommended by 
the ,district of ,columbia ,judicial    
,nomination ,commission established     
under section #dcd1 the ,president shall
 appoint all judges of the ,district of 
,columbia courts44  7#b7 ,conforming    
amendments ,section #dcc of such ,act   
7sec4 #a-bjd4cc1 ,d4,c4 ,official ,code7
 is further amended-- 7,a7 in the       
heading1 by striking nomination and2    
7,b7 in subsection 7b7 in the matter    
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
nominated or2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#b7 of
 subsection 7b71 by striking his        
nomination and inserting appointment2   
7,d7 in paragraph 7#c7 of subsection    
7b71 by striking his nomination and     
inserting appointment2  7,e7 in         
paragraph 7#d7 of subsection 7b71 by    
striking the ,president1 for such       
nomination and appointment1 and         

inserting the ,president for such       
appointment2  7,f7 in paragraph 7#e7 of 
subsection 7b71 by striking his         
nomination and inserting appointment2   
7,g7 in the fifth sentence of subsection
 7c71 by striking then the ,president   
may nominate and all that follows and   
inserting the ,president may reappoint  
such candidate as judge42  7,h7 in the  
sixth sentence of subsection 7c71 by    
striking not to so nominate such        
declaring candidate1 he shall nominate  
another candidate and inserting not to  
so reappoint such declaring candidate1  
the ,president shall appoint another    
candidate2 and  7,i7 in the seventh     
sentence of subsection 7c71 by striking 
then the ,president shall not submit to 
the ,senate for advice and consent the  
renomination of the declaring candidate 
as judge and inserting the ,president   
shall not reappoint the declaring       
candidate as judge4  7#c7 ,clerical     
amendment ,the table of contents of such
 ,act is amended by amending the item   

relating to section #dcc to read as     
follows3  ,sec4 #dcc4 ,appointment of   
judges4  4  7b7 ,appointments by        
,judicial ,nomination ,commission       
,section #dcd7;d77#a7 of such ,act 7sec4
 #a-bjd4cd7;d77#a71 ,d4,c4 ,official    
,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 in the first   
sentence1 by striking for possible      
nomination and appointment and inserting
 for possible appointment2  7#b7 in the 
second sentence1 by striking more than  
one nominee and inserting more than one 
person2  7#c7 in the third sentence1 by 
striking of nominees2 and  7#d7 in the  
fourth sentence-- 7,a7 by striking the  
,president fails to nominate1 for       
,senate confirmation1 and inserting the 
,president fails to appoint2 and  7,b7  
by striking the ,commission shall       
nominate1 and with the advice and       
consent of the ,senate1 appoint and     
inserting the ,commission shall appoint4
  #c4 ,authorizing ,congress to prevent 
appointment through resolution of       
disapproval  7a7 ,resolutions of        

disapproval ,part ,c of title ,,iv of   
the ,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule  
,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4ca et seq41 ,d4,c4    
,official ,code7 is amended by inserting
 after section #dcd the following new   
section3  #dcd;,a4 authorizing ,congress
 to prevent appointment through         
resolution of disapproval  7a7          
,requiring transmission of notice of    
appointment to ,congress ,notice of the 
appointment of a judge of a ,district of
 ,columbia court under this part shall  
be transmitted to the ,speaker of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,president pro tempore of the ,senate   
by--  7#a7 the ,president1 in the case  
of an appointment under section #dcc2 or
  7#b7 the ,district of ,columbia       
,judicial ,nomination ,commission1 in   
the case of an appointment under section
 #dcd7;d77#a74  7b7 ,timing of          
appointment ,the appointment of a judge 
of the ,district of ,columbia courts    
shall take effect upon the expiration of
 the #cj-;calendar-day period 7excluding

 ,saturdays1 ,sundays1 and holidays1 and
 any day on which neither ,house is in  
session because of an adjournment sine  
die1 a recess of more than three days1  
or an adjournment of more than three    
days7 beginning on the date on which    
notice of the appointment is transmitted
 to the ,speaker of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,president pro 
tempore of the ,senate under subsection 
7a71 unless during such                 
#cj-;calendar-day period there has been 
enacted into law a joint resolution     
disapproving of the appointment4  7c7   
,application of expedited procedures for
 consideration of resolutions of        
disapproval of ,council acts to         
consideration of resolutions of         
disapproval of appointment of judges    
7#a7 ,application of procedures ,the    
provisions of section #fjd1 except      
subsections 7d71 7e71 and 7f7 of such   
section1 shall apply with respect to a  
joint resolution described in paragraph 
7#b7 in the same manner as such         

provisions apply to a joint resolution  
disapproving an act of the ,district of 
,columbia ,council which is described in
 section #fjd7;b74  7#b7 ,resolutions   
described ,a resolution described in    
this paragraph is a resolution1 the     
matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,that the          
disapproves of the appointment of  as a 
judge of the 41 with the first blank    
filled in with the name of the ,house of
 ,congress involved1 the second blank   
filled in with the name of the          
individual involved1 and the third blank
 filled in with the name of the         
,district of ,columbia court involved1  
but does not include any resolution     
which specifies more than one action4  4
  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of 
contents of such ,act is amended by     
inserting after the item relating to    
section #dcd the following new item3    
,sec4 #dcd;,a4 ,authorizing ,congress to
 prevent appointment through resolution 
of disapproval4  4  #d4 ,effective date 

7a7 ,in general ,the amendments made by 
this ,act shall apply with respect to   
appointments of judges of the ,district 
of ,columbia courts which are made on or
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act4  7b7 ,transition rule for current
 nominees ,section #dcd;,a of the       
,district of ,columbia ,home ,rule ,act 
7as added by section #c7;a77 shall apply
 with respect to an individual whose    
nomination as a judge of the ,district  
of ,columbia courts is pending as of the
 date of the enactment of this ,act as  
follows3  7#a7 ,in the case of an       
individual nominated by the ,president  
under section #dcc of such ,act 7as in  
effect prior to the effective date of   
this ,act71 the ,president shall be     
deemed to have transmitted notice of the
 appointment of the individual as a     
judge of the ,district of ,columbia     
courts to the ,speaker of the ,house of 
,representatives and the ,president pro 
tempore of the ,senate on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7 ,in   

the case of an individual nominated by  
the ,district of ,columbia ,judicial    
,nomination ,commission under section   
#dcd of such ,act 7as in effect prior to
 the effective date of this ,act71 the  
,commission shall be deemed to have     
transmitted notice of the appointment of
 the individual as a judge of the       
,district of ,columbia courts to the    
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,president pro 
tempore of the ,senate on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4