,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,ms4         
,alsobrooks1 and ,mr4 ,schiff7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,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 ,judicial ,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-- 7i7 in the matter      
preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
nominated or2  7ii7 in paragraph 7#b71  
by striking his nomination and inserting
 the appointment2  7iii7 in paragraph   
7#c71 by striking his nomination and    
inserting the appointment2  7iv7 in     
paragraph 7#d71 by striking the         
,president1 for such nomination and     
appointment1 and inserting the          
,president for such appointment2 and    
7v7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking his  

nomination and inserting the            
appointment2 and  7,c7 in subsection    
7c7-- 7i7 in the fifth sentence1 by     
striking then the ,president may        
nominate and all that follows and       
inserting the ,president may reappoint  
such candidate as judge42  7ii7 in the  
sixth sentence1 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    
7iii7 in the seventh sentence1 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;d7 of such   
,act 7sec4 #a-bjd4cd7;d71 ,d4,c4        
,official ,code7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
paragraph 7#a7-- 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-- 7i7 by striking the   
,president fails to nominate1 for       
,senate confirmation1 and inserting the 
,president fails to appoint2 and  7ii7  
by striking the ,commission shall       
nominate1 and with the advice and       
consent of the ,senate1 appoint and     
inserting the ,commission shall appoint2
 and  7#b7 in paragraph 7#c71 by        
striking nomination each place it       
appears and inserting appointment4  #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 #fjd shall apply  
with respect to a joint resolution      
described in paragraph 7#b7 in the same 
manner and to the same extent as such   

provisions apply to a joint resolution  
which is described in section #fjd7;b7  
and which disapproves an act of the     
,district of ,columbia ,council which is
 transmitted pursuant to section        
#fjb7;c77#a74  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