[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 394 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 394

 To partially restore compensation levels to their past equivalent in 
 terms of real income and establish the procedure for adjusting future 
       compensation of justices and judges of the United States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 1997

 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Specter, and Mr. 
 Faircloth) (by request) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To partially restore compensation levels to their past equivalent in 
 terms of real income and establish the procedure for adjusting future 
       compensation of justices and judges of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. JUDICIAL SALARIES.

    (a) Increase in Judicial Salaries.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding sections 5, 44(d), 135, 
        and 252 of title 28, United States Code, the annual salary 
        rates of the Chief Justice of the United States, Associate 
        Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, judges of 
        the United States Courts of Appeals, judges of the United 
        States District Courts, and judges of the United States Court 
        of International Trade, are increased in the amount of 9.6 
        percent of each applicable rate in effect on the date 
        immediately preceding the effective date of this subsection 
        rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if midway between 
        multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of $100).
            (2) Effective date.--This subsection shall take effect on 
        the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
        or after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Judicial Cost-of-Living Adjustments.--Section 461(a) of title 
28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Effective on the same date that the rates of basic pay under 
the General Schedule are adjusted pursuant to section 5303 of title 5, 
each salary rate which is subject to adjustment under this section 
shall be adjusted by the same percentage amount as provided for under 
section 5303 of title 5, rounded to the nearest multiple of $100 (or if 
midway between multiples of $100, to the next higher multiple of 
$100).''.
    (c) Automatic Adjustments Without Congressional Action.--Section 
140 of the resolution entitled ``A Joint Resolution making further 
continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other 
purposes.'', approved December 15, 1981 (Public Law 97-92; 95 Stat. 
1200; 28 U.S.C. 461 note) is repealed.
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