District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act of 2025
Passed HouseLaw
IntroducedSep 4, 2025
Passed HouseSep 17, 2025
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet
Where it stands
Passed House. Latest step, Sep 18, 2025: Received in the Senate. The House passed it 218–211.All 4 of Iowa's representatives voted yes in the House. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 1 new provisions of its own.
How this bill changes the law
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H.R. 5125 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 1 new provision of its own. Read from the bill text as passed by the House (Sep 17, 2025).
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H.R. 5125Bill
Sec. 2Termination of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commissionnew law
New provisions of the bill's own
Sec. 2 Termination of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)
Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.
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What it does
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District of Columbia Judicial Nominations Reform Act
This bill terminates the District of Columbia (DC) Judicial Nomination Commission.
Currently, the commission recommends to the President nominees for judges for DC's Superior Court and Court of Appeals, who must then be confirmed by the Senate. The commission also appoints the chief judges for these courts. The bill terminates the commission's involvement in nominations and requires the President to appoint the chief judges.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Sep 4, 2025).
Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.
What has happened
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Sep 17, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 211 (Roll no. 274). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4375: 5) Roll call recordLibrary of Congress