H.R. 5037District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act

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Sponsor: Eleanor Holmes Norton [D-DC]
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Committees: Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Sep 26, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroducedApr 21, 2016
Passed the HouseSep 22, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
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What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 20, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration to establish a voluntary separation incentive payments program for nonjudicial employees of the District courts substantially similar to that for certain federal employees and members of the uniformed services, except that the maximum payment amount to any individual may not exceed $25,000.

(Sec. 3) The District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 is amended to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service also to establish such a program for the Service's employees, again limiting the maximum payment amount to any individual to $25,000.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5037 as passed House amended on Sep 22, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 555

House Sep 22, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

413 Yea 1 Nay 17 not voting

Crossed both parties 1 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.

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Democratic186 members

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