Sec. 212. Renaming of Federal courts
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Section 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— in the first column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District ; and in the second column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District . Section 88 of such title is amended— in the heading, by striking and inserting District of Columbia ; Federal District by amending the first paragraph to read as follows: The Federal District comprise one judicial district. ; and in the second paragraph, by striking Washington and inserting the Federal District .
The item relating to section 88 in the table of sections for chapter 5 of such title is amended to read as follows: 88. The Federal District. . Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: Section 44(a) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District . Section 48(a) of such title is amended— in the first column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District ; in the second column, by striking Washington and inserting Federal District ; and in the second column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District .
Section 49 of such title is amended by striking District of Columbia each place it appears and inserting Federal District . Section 2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia Circuit and inserting the Federal District Circuit . Section 2343 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia Circuit and inserting the Federal District Circuit . Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: Section 133(a) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District .
Section 1346(e) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 1413 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District .
Section 2467(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District . Section 173 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 175 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia each place it appears and inserting the Federal District .
Section 456(b) of such title is amended to read as follows: The official duty station of the Chief Justice of the United States, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit shall be the Federal District. . Section 462(d) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 798(a) of such title is amended— by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District ; and by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District .
Section 1608(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 2410(b) of such title is amended by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District . Section 451 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new undesignated paragraph: The term Federal District means the area serving as the seat of the Government of the United States, as described in section 111 of the Compact Federal District Act. .
Any reference in any Federal law (other than a law amended by this section), rule, or regulation— to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal District; to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be deemed to refer to the Federal District Circuit; and to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall be deemed to refer to the United States District Court for the Federal District.
This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the retrocession under section 102.