[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 169 (Monday, October 16, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUROR PAY PARITY ACT

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 16, 2023

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker Pro Tempore, today, I introduce the District 
of Columbia Juror Pay Parity Act, which would require D.C.'s local 
trial court, the Superior Court, to pay jurors the same amount federal 
courts pay jurors. Currently, the Superior Court pays jurors the same 
amount as federal jurors, but the Superior Court has sometimes paid 
less.
  Under the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government 
Improvement Act of 1997, Congress assumed responsibility for funding 
the local D.C. courts. The local D.C. courts, however, have always been 
under the direct control of Congress, even when they were funded by 
D.C. The D.C. Home Rule Act prohibits the D.C. Council from enacting 
any law with respect to any provision of Title 11 of the D.C. Code. 
Under Title 11, the Board of Judges of the Superior Court sets juror 
pay.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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