amendments to the united states code

amendments to the united states code Sec. 172. (a) (1) Section 1257 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding after and below paragraph (3) the following new sentence: “For the purposes of this section, the term ‘highest court of a State’ includes the. District of Columbia Court of Appeals.” (2) (A) Chapter 133 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 2113. Definition “For purposes of this chapter, the terms ‘State court’, ‘State courts’, and ‘highest court of a State’ include the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.” (B) The analysis of chapter 133 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “ 2113. Definition.” (b) Section 1869(f) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out everything following “Canal Zone Code” and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the following: “except that for purposes of sections 1861, 1862, 1866(c), 1866(d), and 1867 of this chapter such terms shall include the Superior Court of the District of Columbia;”. (c) (1) Chapter 85 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1363. Construction of references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress “For the purposes of this chapter, references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress do not include laws applicable, exclusively to the District of Columbia.” 84 Stat. 591 (2) The analysis of chapter 85 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “1383. Construction of references to laws of the United States or Acts of Congress.”. (d) (1) Chapter 89 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 1451. Definitions “For purposes of this chapter— “(1) The term ‘State court’ includes the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, “(2) The term ‘State’ includes the District of Columbia.” (2) The analysis of chapter 89 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “1451. Definitions.” (e) Section 292 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new subsection: “(c) The chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit may, upon presentation of a certificate of necessity by the chief judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia pursuant to section 11–908(e) of the District of Columbia Code, designate and assign temporarily any district judge of the circuit to serve as a judge of such Superior Court, if such assignment (1) is approved by the Attorney General of the United States following a determination by him to the effect that such assignment is necessary to meet the ends of justice, and (2) is approved by the chief judge of the United States District Court, for the District of Columbia.” (f) Section 5102(c)(4) of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(4) teachers, school officials, and employees of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia whose pay is fixed under chapter 15 of title 31, District of Columbia Code; the chief judges and the associate judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals; and nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia court system whose pay is fixed under title 11 of the District of Columbia Code;”.