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

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

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-21 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Official title

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

Plain 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.

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5037, District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act (2016-09-27)

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.

Agencies named in this bill

• District of Columbia Courts: its federal spending and other bills that name it

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Recorded votes

• House roll call 555 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR5037 (2016-09-22): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr5037.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5037 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114