3.0.0 2854 2026-04-13T15:30:33Z 2026-04-13T15:30:33Z Senate S S 2025-09-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2854 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-09-18T14:29:37Z District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025 119 5125 HR 2025-09-18 Received in the Senate. Identical bill CRS 2025-09-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA N B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2025-09-29 False Law Law 2025-12-02T21:47:52Z 00 2025-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-13T15:29:53Z District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act

This bill terminates the District of Columbia (DC) Judicial Nomination Commission.

Currently, the commission recommends to the President nominees for judges for DC's Superior Court and Court of Appeals, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. The commission also appoints the chief judges for these courts. The bill terminates the commission's involvement in nominations and requires the President to appoint the chief judges.

]]> District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act Display Title 45 District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act 2025-10-03T04:23:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act 2025-10-03T04:23:16Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes. 2025-10-03T04:18:25Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2854is/xml/BILLS-119s2854is.xml 2025-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.