appointment of additional judges and executive officer of district of columbia courts

appointment of additional judges and executive officer of district of columbia courts Sec. 195. (a) (1) The President of the United States shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall appoint, three additional judges to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals who shall have the qualifications prescribed by section 11–1501 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code as contained in the revision made by part A of this title, and who shall, upon taking the oath required by law, enter into immediate service on that court. Subject to mandatory retirement at age 70 and to the provisions of subchapters II and III of chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (as contained in such revision), the term of office of a judge appointed under this paragraph shall be 15 years. At the expiration of his term, such judge shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. (2) The President of the United States shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate shall appoint, ten additional judges to the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions who shall have the qualifications prescribed by section 11–1501 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code as contained in the revision made by part A of this title, and who shall, upon taking the oath required by law, enter into immediate service on that court. Subject to mandatory retirement at age 70 and to the provisions of subchapters II and III of chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (as contained in such revision), the term of office of a judge appointed under this paragraph shall be 15 years. At the expiration of his term, such judge shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies. (b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall submit a list of at least three qualified persons and a committee (consisting of (1) the chief judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions; (2) one associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals elected by the judges of that court; and (3) two associate judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions 84 Stat. 596elected by the judges of that court) shall appoint from such list (and may remove), with the concurrence of the respective chief judges, an Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts. Until the effective date of this title, the Executive Officer shall receive the same compensation as is prescribed for an associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions. The Executive Officer in office on the effective date of this title, shall continue to serve in such office until removed or until his successor has been selected in accordance with subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, as contained in the revision made by part A of this title. (c) Notwithstanding title 11 of the District of Columbia Code, as in effect on the date of enactment of this title, in the case of any vacancy in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia occurring before the effective date of this title, a judge appointed after the date of enactment of this title to fill any such vacancy (1) shall have the qualifications prescribed in section 11–1501 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code as contained in the revision made by part A, and (2) shall, subject to mandatory retirement at age seventy and to the provisions of subchapters it and III of chapter 15 of title 11 of the District of Columbia Code (as contained in such revision), have a term of office of 15 years. At the expiration of his term, such judge shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualifies.