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[H.R. 1632 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  House Calendar No. 66

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1632

                          [Report No. 103-175]

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                                 A BILL

To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific 
                              references.

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                             July 13, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                  House Calendar No. 66
103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1632

                          [Report No. 103-175]

To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific 
                              references.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                 Committee on the District of Columbia

                             July 13, 1993

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                                1, 1993]

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 11, District of Columbia Code, to remove gender-specific 
                              references.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF GENDER-SPECIFIC REFERENCES IN TITLE 11, D.C. 
              CODE.

    (a) References in Section.--Whenever in this section an amendment 
is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that 
section or other provision of title 11, District of Columbia Code.
    (b) Removal of References.--Title 11, District of Columbia Code is 
amended as follows:
            (1) Section 11-703(b) is amended by striking ``during his 
        service'' and inserting ``while serving''.
            (2) Section 11-705(d) is amended by striking ``if he sat'' 
        and inserting ``if the judge sat''.
            (3) Section 11-706(a) is amended by striking ``his duties'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the chief judge's 
        duties''.
            (4) Section 11-706(b) is amended by striking ``his 
        successor'' and inserting ``the chief judge's successor''.
            (5) Section 11-709(2) is amended by striking ``he 
        attended'' and inserting ``the judge attended''.
            (6) Section 11-709(3) is amended by striking ``his 
        attendance'' and inserting ``the judge's attendance''.
            (7) Section 11-721(d) is amended by striking ``he shall so 
        state'' and inserting ``the judge shall so state''.
            (8) Section 11-744 is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``he'' and 
                inserting ``the chief judge''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``He'' and 
                inserting ``The chief judge''.
            (9) Section 11-904(b) is amended by striking ``during his 
        service'' and inserting ``while serving''.
            (10) The second sentence of section 11-906(a) is amended to 
        read as follows: ``The chief judge shall attend to the 
        discharge of the duties pertaining to the office of chief judge 
        and perform such additional judicial work as the chief judge is 
        able to perform.''.
            (11) Section 11-906(b) is amended by striking ``He'' and 
        inserting ``The chief judge''.
            (12) Section 11-907(a) is amended by striking ``his 
        duties'' each place it appears and inserting ``the chief 
        judge's duties''.
            (13) Section 11-907(b) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``a''.
            (14) Section 11-908(a) is amended by striking ``he is''.
            (15) Section 11-909(b)(2) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``the judge''.
            (16) Section 11-909(b)(3) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (17) The third sentence of section 11-1322 is amended by 
        striking ``his salary'' and inserting ``that person's salary''.
            (18) Section 11-1501(a) is amended by striking ``He'' and 
        inserting ``The President''.
            (19) Section 11-1501(b) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``he'' and inserting ``that person''; and
                    (B) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), and in the 
                last sentence, by striking ``his'' each place it 
                appears.
            (20) Section 11-1502 is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the judge's''.
            (21) Section 11-1503(a) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``his 
                successor'' and inserting ``a successor'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``He'' and 
                inserting ``The chief judge''; and
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``A judge 
                may relinquish his position as chief judge'' and 
                inserting ``The chief judge may relinquish that 
                position''.
            (22) Section 11-1503(b) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``that person''.
            (23) Section 11-1505(a) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the judge's''.
            (24) Section 11-1505(b) is amended by striking ``judicial 
        manpower in the court under his supervision'' and inserting 
        ``judicial personnel in the court under the chief judge's 
        supervision''.
            (25) Section 11-1522(a)(1)(A) is amended by striking 
        ``his''.
            (26) The last sentence of section 11-1522(a) is amended by 
        striking ``Chairman of the Commission one of his appointees'' 
        and inserting ``Chair of the Commission one of the members 
        appointed pursuant to paragraph (1)''.
            (27) Section 11-1522(b)(1) is amended by striking ``his''.
            (28) Section 11-1523(b) is amended by striking ``his 
        predecessor'' and inserting ``that member's predecessor''.
            (29) Section 11-1523(c) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his term'' each place it appears 
                and inserting ``that member's term''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his successor'' and inserting 
                ``that member's successor''.
            (30) Section 11-1525(d) is amended by striking ``Chairman'' 
        and inserting ``Chair''.
            (31) Section 11-1526(b) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the judge's''.
            (32) Section 11-1526(c)(1)(A) is amended by striking 
        ``his''.
            (33) The last sentence of section 11-1526(c)(1) is amended 
        by striking ``recover his salary and all rights and privileges 
        of his office.'' and inserting ``recover salary and all rights 
        and privileges pertaining to the judge's office.''.
            (34) Section 11-1526(c)(2) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``he'' and 
                inserting ``the judge''; and
                    (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``his'' the 
                first place it appears and inserting ``the judge's'', 
                and by striking ``his'' the second place it appears.
            (35) Section 11-1526(c)(3) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        each place it appears.
            (36) Section 11-1527(a)(1) is amended by striking ``of his 
        court'' and inserting ``of the court in which the judge 
        serves''.
            (37) Section 11-1527(a)(2) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``He'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``The judge'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``his'' and 
                inserting ``the judge's'';
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``his'' and 
                inserting ``his or her''; and
                    (D) in the third sentence, by striking ``him'' and 
                inserting ``the judge''.
            (38) The fourth sentence of section 11-1527(a)(3) is 
        amended by striking ``of his court'' and inserting ``of the 
        court in which the judge serves''.
            (39) Section 11-1527(c)(2) is amended by striking ``his 
        privilege'' each place it appears and inserting ``the witness's 
        privilege''.
            (40) Section 11-1527(c)(3) is amended by striking ``him'' 
        and ``he'' each place either appears and inserting ``that 
        person''.
            (41) Section 11-1527(e) is amended by striking ``his''.
            (42) Section 11-1528(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the judge''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``the 
                judge's''.
            (43) Section 11-1530(a) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the judge's''.
            (44) Section 11-1530(a)(1) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (45) Section 11-1530(a)(2) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        and inserting ``the judge''.
            (46) Section 11-1530(a)(3) is amended by striking ``him or 
        by him and his'' and inserting ``the judge or by the judge and 
        the judge's''.
            (47) Section 11-1530(a)(4) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``him'' and inserting ``the 
                judge''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the judge's''.
            (48) Section 11-1530(a)(5) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the judge''.
            (49) Section 11-1530(a)(6) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        and inserting ``the judge''.
            (50) Section 11-1530(a)(7) is amended by striking ``him'' 
        and inserting ``the judge''.
            (51) Section 11-1561(8)(C) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the child''.
            (52) Section 11-1561(9)(C) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        and inserting ``the judge''.
            (53) Section 11-1561(10)(C) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        and inserting ``the judge''.
            (54) Section 11-1562 is amended by striking ``he'' each 
        place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``the 
        judge''.
            (55) Section 11-1563 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his'' each place it appears in 
                subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``the judge's''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``he'' and ``him'' each place 
                either appears in such subsections and inserting ``the 
                judge''.
            (56) Section 11-1563(c) is amended by striking ``he'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``the judge''.
            (57) Section 11-1563(d) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``bring himself'' and inserting 
                ``be''; and
                    (B) by striking ``him'' and inserting ``the 
                judge''.
            (58) The first sentence of section 11-1564(a) is amended by 
        striking ``his'' each place it appears and inserting ``the 
        judge's''.
            (59) The second sentence of section 11-1564(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his'' each place it appears; and
                    (B) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the judge''.
            (60) The third sentence of section 11-1564(a) is amended by 
        striking ``his'' and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (61) Section 11-1564(b) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the judge's''.
            (62) Section 11-1564(c) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the judge'';
                    (B) by striking ``his'' the first two places it 
                appears;
                    (C) by striking ``his'' the third place it appears 
                and inserting ``the judge's''; and
                    (D) by striking ``his'' the fourth place it 
                appears.
            (63) Section 11-1564(d)(1) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (64) Section 11-1564(d)(2)(A) is amended by striking ``he'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the judge''.
            (65) Section 11-1564(d)(2)(C) is amended by striking 
        ``his''.
            (66) Section 11-1564(d)(4) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (67) Section 11-1564(d)(7) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``him'' and inserting ``the 
                judge''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the judge's''.
            (68) Section 11-1564(e) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his''; and
                    (B) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the judge''.
            (69) Section 11-1566(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the judge''; and
                    (B) by striking ``bring himself'' and inserting 
                ``elect to be''.
            (70) Section 11-1566(b) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``his'' and 
                inserting ``the judge's'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``him'' and 
                inserting ``the judge''; and
                    (C) in the second sentence, by striking 
                ``Commissioner'' and inserting ``Mayor''.
            (71) Section 11-1566(c) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``the judge''.
            (72) Section 11-1567(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Commissioner'' and inserting 
                ``Mayor'';
                    (B) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``the 
                judge's''; and
                    (C) by striking ``he or his'' and inserting ``the 
                judge or the judge's''.
            (73) Section 11-1567(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the judge'';
                    (B) by striking ``Commissioner'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Mayor''; and
                    (C) by striking ``his'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the judge's''.
            (74) Section 11-1568(a) is amended by striking ``his'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (75) The third sentence from the end of section 11-1568(c) 
        is amended by striking ``his death or marriage or his ceasing'' 
        and inserting ``the child's death or marriage or ceasing''.
            (76) Section 11-1568(d) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Commissioner'' and inserting 
                ``Mayor''; and
                    (B) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the Mayor''.
            (77) Section 11-1569 is amended by striking 
        ``Commissioner'' each place it appears and inserting ``Mayor''.
            (78) Section 11-1569(b) Sixth is amended by striking 
        ``his'' and inserting ``the judge's''.
            (79) Section 11-1569(e) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the claimant's''.
            (80) Section 11-1701(a) is amended by striking ``Chairman'' 
        and inserting ``Chair''.
            (81) Section 11-1702 is amended by striking ``him'' in 
        subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``the Chief Judge''.
            (82) Section 11-1703(a) is amended by striking ``He'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``The Executive Officer''.
            (83) Section 11-1704 is amended by striking ``his'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``that''.
            (84) Section 11-1721 is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``the clerk''.
            (85) Section 11-1722 is amended by striking ``he'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``the Director''.
            (86) Section 11-1723(b) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``that''.
            (87) Section 11-1724 is amended--
                    (A) in the second sentence, by striking ``his'' and 
                inserting ``that''; and
                    (B) in the third sentence, by striking ``him'' and 
                inserting ``the chief judge''.
            (88) Section 11-1727(b) is amended--
                    (A) in the third sentence, by striking ``he'' and 
                inserting ``the Executive Officer''; and
                    (B) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``his'' and 
                inserting ``the judge's''.
            (89) Section 11-1730(b) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``the Executive Officer''.
            (90) Section 11-1741(4) and (7) are amended by striking 
        ``his'' and inserting ``the Executive Officer's''.
            (91) Section 11-1741(9) is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``the Executive Officer''.
            (92) Section 11-1743(b) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the President's''.
            (93) Section 11-1744(5) is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``the Executive Officer''.
            (94) Section 11-1745(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the 
                Executive Officer''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Commissioner'' 
                and inserting ``Mayor''.
            (95) Section 11-1747 is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``the Executive Officer''.
            (96) Section 11-2102(a) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his office'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the office''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``him'' and 
                inserting ``the Register of Wills''.
            (97) Section 11-2102(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``that 
                person''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``his''.
            (98) Section 11-2104 is amended by striking ``him'' in 
        subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) and inserting ``the Register of 
        Wills''.
            (99) Section 11-2104(b)(6) is amended by striking ``his'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``the Register's''.
            (100) Section 11-2104(c)(2) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his'' the first place it appears; 
                and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' the second place it appears 
                and inserting ``the''.
            (101) Section 11-2104(d) is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``the Register's''.
            (102) Section 11-2104(e) is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        ``he'' and inserting ``the Register of Wills''.
            (103) Section 11-2303 is amended by striking ``his'' in 
        subsections (a) and (b) and inserting ``those''.
            (104) Section 11-2306(a) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``the medical examiner''.
            (105) Section 11-2306(c) is amended by striking ``his''.
            (106) The first sentence of section 11-2307(a) is amended 
        by striking ``his''.
            (107) The second sentence of section 11-2307(a) is amended 
        by striking ``his'' and inserting ``the pathologist's''.
            (108) Section 11-2308(a) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``the medical examiner''.
            (109) Section 11-2309(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Commissioner of the District of 
                Columbia or his'' and inserting ``the Mayor of the 
                District of Columbia or the Mayor's''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his assistants'' and inserting 
                ``the United States Attorney's assistants''.
            (110) Section 11-2309(c) is amended by striking ``he'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``such person''.
            (111) Section 11-2311 is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``his or her''.
            (112) Section 11-2502 is amended by striking ``his'' and 
        inserting ``such person's''.
            (113) Section 11-2503(a) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``such person''.
            (114) Section 11-2503(b) is amended by striking ``him'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``that member''.
            (115) Section 11-2504 is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``that attorney''.
            (116) Section 11-2601(1) is amended by striking ``case 
        which he'' and inserting ``case in which such person''.
            (117) The second sentence of section 11-2602 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``he'' the first place it appears 
                and inserting ``he or she''; and
                    (B) by striking ``him if he is'' and inserting 
                ``the defendant or respondent if such person is''.
            (118) The third sentence of section 11-2602 is amended by 
        striking ``him'' and inserting ``that person''.
            (119) The sixth sentence of section 11-2602 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``him if he is'' and inserting 
                ``the defendant or respondent if such person is''; and
                    (B) by striking ``he may'' and inserting ``such 
                person may''.
            (120) Section 11-2603 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``such 
                person's''; and
                    (B) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``such 
                person''.
            (121) Section 11-2604(f) is amended by striking ``he'' and 
        inserting ``such person''.
            (122) Section 11-2605(c) is amended by striking ``him'' and 
        inserting ``such person''.
            (123) Section 11-2607 is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Commissioner'' and inserting 
                ``Mayor''; and
                    (B) by striking ``his'' and inserting ``the 
                Mayor's''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF GENDER-SPECIFIC REFERENCES IN PROVISIONS OF DISTRICT 
              CHARTER RELATING TO JUDICIARY.

    (a) References in Section.--Whenever in this section an amendment 
is expressed in terms of an amendment to or repeal of a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to that 
section or other provision of the District of Columbia Self-Government 
and Governmental Reorganization Act.
    (b) Removal of References.--The District of Columbia Self-
Government and Governmental Reorganization Act is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 431(b) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his successor'' and inserting ``a 
                successor'';
                    (B) by striking ``his term'' and inserting ``the 
                term''; and
                    (C) by striking ``He'' and inserting ``An 
                individual''.
            (2) Section 431(c) is amended by striking ``his successor'' 
        and inserting ``a successor''.
            (3) Section 431(e) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``he--'' and inserting ``such 
                        person--'', and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``his 
                        appointment'' and inserting ``appointment'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``is which'' and inserting 
                        ``in which'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``his predecessor'' and 
                        inserting ``such person's predecessor''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``or whom'' 
                and inserting ``of whom''.
            (4) Section 432(b) is amended by striking ``his judicial 
        duties'' and inserting ``judicial duties''.
            (5) Section 432(c) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking 
                        ``his conviction'' and inserting 
                        ``conviction'', and
                            (ii) in the matter following subparagraph 
                        (B), by striking ``his salary'' and all that 
                        follows and inserting ``any salary and all 
                        other rights and privileges of office.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``as he may be entitled'' 
                        and inserting ``as the judge may be entitled'',
                            (ii) by striking ``his judicial salary'' 
                        and inserting ``judicial salary'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``his office'' and 
                        inserting ``office''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by striking ``his judicial duties'' and 
                        inserting ``the judge's judicial duties'', and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``his 
                        suspension'' and inserting ``such suspension''.
            (6) Section 433(a) is amended by striking ``to him''.
            (7) Section 433(b) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``he--'' and inserting ``the person--'';
                    (B) by striking ``his nomination'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``the nomination''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``as long as he 
                serves'' and inserting ``while serving''.
            (8) Section 433(c) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``his term'' the first place it 
                appears and inserting ``the judge's term'';
                    (B) by striking ``his term'' the second place it 
                appears and inserting ``the term'';
                    (C) by striking ``his present'' and inserting ``the 
                present'';
                    (D) by striking ``his fitness'' and inserting ``the 
                candidate's fitness''; and
                    (E) by striking ``he shall nominate'' and inserting 
                ``the President shall nominate''.
            (9) Section 434(b) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by striking ``he--'' and inserting 
                ``the person--'';
                    (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``his 
                appointment'' and inserting ``appointment''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``his 
                predecessor'' and inserting ``such person's 
                predecessor''.
            (10) Section 434(d) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) in the fourth sentence, by 
                striking ``to him'' and inserting ``to the President''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``his 
                recommendation'' and inserting ``the recommendation''.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to amend title 11, 
        District of Columbia Code, and Part C of title IV of the 
        District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental 
        Reorganization Act to remove gender-specific references.''.
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