,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eibe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ah1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform
  ,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the          
establishment of a program of voluntary 
separation incentive payments for       
nonjudicial employees of the ,district  
of ,columbia courts and employees of the
 ,district of ,columbia ,public         
,defender ,service4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,district
 of ,columbia ,courts and ,public       
,defender ,service ,voluntary           
,separation ,incentive ,payments ,act4  
#b4 ,authorization for program of       
voluntary separation incentive payments 
for ,district of ,columbia courts  7a7  
,in general ,chapter #ag of title #aa1  
,district of ,columbia ,official ,code1 
is amended by inserting after section   
#aa-agbf the following new section3     
#aa-agbf;,a4 ,voluntary separation      

incentive payments ,the ,joint          
,committee on ,judicial ,administration 
may1 by regulation1 establish a program 
substantially similar to the program    
established under subchapter ,,ii of    
chapter #ce of title #e1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 for nonjudicial employees of the
 ,district of ,columbia courts1 except  
that the maximum amount of the payment  
made under the program to any individual
 may not exceed the amount referred to  
in section #cebc7;b77#c77;,b7 of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7      
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents of chapter #ag of title #aa1   
,district of ,columbia ,official ,code1 
is amended by inserting after the item  
relating to section #aa-agbf the        
following new item3  #aa-agbf;,a4       
,voluntary separation incentive         
payments4  4  #c4 ,authorization for    
program of voluntary separation         
incentive payments for ,district of     
,columbia ,public ,defender ,service    
,section #cje of the ,district of       

,columbia ,court ,reform and ,criminal  
,procedure ,act of #aigj 7sec4 #b-afje1 
,d4,c4 ,official ,code7 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7d7 ,the ,director may     
establish a program substantially       
similar to the program established under
 subchapter ,,ii of chapter #ce of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 for         
employees of the ,service1 except that  
the maximum amount of the payment made  
under the program to any individual may 
not exceed the amount referred to in    
section #cebc7;b77#c77;,b7 of title #e1 
,united ,states ,code4  4