3.0.0 1100 2023-01-15T15:48:19Z 2023-01-15T15:48:19Z Senate S S 2003-05-21 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-05-21T22:05:15Z 2003-05-21 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6864) IntroReferral 2003-05-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6864) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2003-05-21 True Law Annuities Appellate courts Armed Forces and National Security Congress Congressional oversight Congressional-judicial relations Cost of living adjustments District courts Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Judges Judicial compensation Judicial officers Labor and Employment Military pensions Supreme Court justices Survivors' benefits Widowers Widows Women Law 00 2003-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2003-08-15T19:02:11Z Securing Judicial Independence Act of 2003 - Increases Federal judicial salaries by 25 percent.

Repeals provisions: (1) authorizing annual judicial salary adjustments equal to the most recent change in the Employment Cost Index; (2) prohibiting the years of military service for which credit is allowed for the purposes of retirement or retired pay under any other provision of law from being included as allowable years of service for purposes of the computation of the annuities for survivors of Federal judicial officials; or (3) the service used in the computation of Federal judicial official survivor annuities from also be credited in computing any other survivor annuity.

Increases the notification period for survivor annuity coverage for a judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

]]> Securing Judicial Independence Act of 2003 Display Title Securing Judicial Independence Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to restore fairness and improve the appeal of public service to the Federal judiciary by improving compensation and benefits, and to instill greater public confidence in the Federal courts. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Securing Judicial Independence Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-05-21T04:00:00Z 2003-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6864) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.