H.R. 5006: District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
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H.R. 5006: District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
113th Congress · introduced 2014-06-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-06-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
Plain summary
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act - 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. Amends the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 to authorize the Director of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service also to establish such a program for the Service's employees.
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Official text
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · 0 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] reported raising $53,775 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr5006.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr5006 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113