3.0.0 2276 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z Senate S S 2006-02-10 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-10T19:15:51Z Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 109 5014 HR 2006-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2006-02-10 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1074) IntroReferral 2006-02-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1073-1074) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2006-02-10 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2006-02-10 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2006-03-27 False Law Cost of living adjustments Judicial compensation Law 00 2006-02-10 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-21T21:32:58Z Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 - Repeals a requirement of federal law limiting salary increases for federal judges or Supreme Court Justices to those specifically authorized by Act of Congress.

Amends the federal judicial code to make the cost of living adjustments in judicial salaries effective in the first pay period beginning on or after January 1 each year. (Currently, such adjustments are triggered by General Schedule adjustments.) Prohibits the percentage adjustment taking effect in a calendar year, in any salary rate, from exceeding the adjustment taking effect in such year under General Schedule pay rate requirements.

Increases the rate of basic pay for: (1) the Chief Justice of the United States; (2) an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; (3) a judge of a U.S. circuit court, a district court, and the U.S. Court of International Trade; (4) a bankruptcy judge; and (5) a full-time magistrate judge.

]]> Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 Display Title Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for fairness for the Federal judiciary. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Judicial Fairness Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2276is/xml/BILLS-109s2276is.xml 2006-02-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1074) 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.