Renaming of Federal courts

(a) Renaming (1) Circuit Court Section 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the first column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District; and (B) in the second column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District. (2) District Court Section 88 of such title is amended— (A) in the heading, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District; (B) by amending the first paragraph to read as follows: The Federal District comprise one judicial district.; and (C) in the second paragraph, by striking Washington and inserting the Federal District. (3) Clerical amendment 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.. (b) Conforming amendments relating to Court of Appeals Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Appointment of judges Section 44(a) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District. (2) Terms of Court Section 48(a) of such title is amended— (A) in the first column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District; (B) in the second column, by striking Washington and inserting Federal District; and (C) in the second column, by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District. (3) Appointment of independent counsels by chief judge of circuit Section 49 of such title is amended by striking District of Columbia each place it appears and inserting Federal District. (4) Circuit Court jurisdiction over certification of death penalty counsels Section 2265(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia Circuit and inserting the Federal District Circuit. (5) Circuit Court jurisdiction over review of Federal agency orders Section 2343 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia Circuit and inserting the Federal District Circuit. (c) Conforming amendments relating to District Court Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Appointment and number of District Court judges Section 133(a) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District. (2) District Court jurisdiction of tax cases brought against United States Section 1346(e) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (3) District Court jurisdiction over proceedings for forfeiture of foreign property Section 1355(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (4) District Court jurisdiction over civil actions brought against a foreign state Section 1391(f)(4) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (5) District Court jurisdiction over actions brought by corporations against United States Section 1402(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (6) Venue in District Court of certain actions brought by employees of Executive Office of the President Section 1413 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (7) Venue in District Court of action enforcing foreign judgment Section 2467(c)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (d) Conforming amendments relating to other courts Title 28, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Appointment of bankruptcy judges Section 152(a)(2) of such title is amended in the first column by striking District of Columbia and inserting Federal District. (2) Location of Court of Federal Claims Section 173 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (3) Duty station of judges of Court of Federal Claims Section 175 of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia each place it appears and inserting the Federal District. (4) Duty station of judges for purposes of traveling expenses Section 456(b) of such title is amended to read as follows: (b) 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.. (5) Court accommodations for Federal Circuit and Court of Federal Claims Section 462(d) of such title is amended by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (6) Places of holding court of Court of Federal Claims Section 798(a) of such title is amended— (A) by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District; and (B) by striking the District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (e) Other conforming amendments (1) Service of process on foreign parties at State Department office Section 1608(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (2) Service of process in property cases at Attorney General office Section 2410(b) of such title is amended by striking Washington, District of Columbia and inserting the Federal District. (f) Definition 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 Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act.. (g) References in other laws Any reference in any Federal law (other than a law amended by this section), rule, or regulation— (1) 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; (2) to the District of Columbia Circuit shall be deemed to refer to the Federal District Circuit; and (3) 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. (h) Effective date This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the retrocession under section 102.