Jurisdiction for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

(a) In general Chapter 83 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1297. Multi-circuit panel of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (a) Convening multi-Circuit panel Each year the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall convene a multi-circuit panel of 13 judges consisting of each of the following: (1) Associate judges The multi-circuit panel shall consist of 1 judge to be randomly selected from each of the following circuit courts of appeals: (A) United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (B) United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. (C) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. (D) United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. (E) United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. (F) United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. (G) United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. (H) United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. (I) United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. (J) United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (K) United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. (L) United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. (2) Chief judge The multi-circuit panel shall consist of 1 chief judge to be randomly selected from the circuit courts of appeals described in paragraph (1). (b) Jurisdiction The chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall assign to the multi-circuit panel any case in which the United States or a Federal agency is a party, or a case concerning constitutional interpretation, statutory interpretation of Federal law, or the function or actions of an executive order. (c) Duration of service Each judge of the multi-circuit panel shall serve on the panel during the period beginning at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on the first Monday in October and ending at 9:59 a.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on the first Monday in October of the following year. (d) Acts of Congress A supermajority of not less than 70 percent of judges of the multi-circuit panel described in subsection (a) shall be required to affirm any decision which holds that any Act of Congress is, in whole or in part, unconstitutional, unlawful, or otherwise invalid.. (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 83 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1296 the following: 1297. Multi-circuit panel of United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit..