[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 69 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 69

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide reclassification of 
   members of the Board of Veterans Appeals and to ensure pay equity 
          between those members and administrative law judges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly 
   to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and Post Office and Civil 
                                Service

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide reclassification of 
   members of the Board of Veterans Appeals and to ensure pay equity 
          between those members and administrative law judges.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CLASSIFICATION AND PAY OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF VETERANS' 
              APPEALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 7101(b)(2)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``A member of the 
Board (other than the Chairman and Vice Chairman) shall receive 
compensation under the provisions of section 5372 of title 5 and other 
benefits equal to those payable to an administrative law judge.''.
    (b) Savings Provision.--The rate of basic pay payable to an 
individual who is a member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals on the 
date of the enactment of this Act may not be reduced by reason of the 
amendment made by subsection (a) below the rate payable to such 
individual on the day before the effective date specified in subsection 
(c).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

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