[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2915 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]


  2d Session

                                S. 2915

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                               AMENDMENTS
                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                      October 25, 2000.

    Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 2915) entitled ``An Act to make 
improvements in the operation and administration of the Federal courts, and for 
other purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Strike section 103, and redesignate the remaining sections and table of 
contents accordingly.

 (2)Page 9, line 22, strike [subsection; or] and insert: subsection, or

 (3)Page 10, line 6, strike [subsection;] and insert: subsection,

 (4)Page 10, line 9, strike [judge; or] and insert: judge, or

 (5)Page 25, beginning on line 21, strike [``(b) For purposes of constructing] 
and all that follows through [date of retirement.] on page 26, line 6, and 
insert:
    ``(b)(1)(A) For purposes of construing and applying chapter 89 of 
title 5, a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims who--
            ``(i) is retired under subsection (b) of section 178 of 
        this title, and
            ``(ii) at the time of becoming such a retired judge--
                    ``(I) was enrolled in a health benefits plan under 
                chapter 89 of title 5, but
                    ``(II) did not satisfy the requirements of section 
                8905(b)(1) of title 5 (relating to eligibility to 
                continue enrollment as an annuitant),
shall be deemed to be an annuitant meeting the requirements of section 
8905(b)(1) of title 5, in accordance with the succeeding provisions of 
this paragraph, if the judge gives timely written notification to the 
chief judge of the court that the judge is willing to be called upon to 
perform judicial duties under section 178(d) of this title during the 
period of continued eligibility for enrollment, as described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii) or (C)(ii) (whichever applies).
    ``(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)--
            ``(i) in order to be eligible for continued enrollment 
        under this paragraph, notification under subparagraph (A) shall 
        be made before the first day of the open enrollment period 
        preceding the calendar year referred to in clause (ii)(II); and
            ``(ii) if such notification is timely made, the retired 
        judge shall be eligible for continued enrollment under this 
        paragraph for the period--
                    ``(I) beginning on the date on which eligibility 
                would otherwise cease, and
                    ``(II) ending on the last day of the calendar year 
                next beginning after the end of the open enrollment 
                period referred to in clause (i).
    ``(C) For purposes of applying this paragraph for the first time in 
the case of any particular judge--
            ``(i) subparagraph (B)(i) shall be applied by substituting 
        `the expiration of the term of office of the judge' for the 
        matter following `before'; and
            ``(ii)(I) if the term of office of such judge expires 
        before the first day of the open enrollment period referred to 
        in subparagraph (B)(i), the period of continued eligibility for 
        enrollment shall be as described in subparagraph (B)(ii); but
            ``(II) if the term of office of such judge expires on or 
        after the first day of the open enrollment period referred to 
        in subparagraph (B)(i), the period of continued eligibility 
        shall not end until the last day of the calendar year next 
        beginning after the end of the next full open enrollment period 
        beginning after the date on which the term expires.
    ``(2) In the event that a retired judge remains enrolled under 
chapter 89 of title 5 for a period of 5 consecutive years by virtue of 
paragraph (1) (taking into account only periods of coverage as an 
active judge immediately before retirement and as a retired judge 
pursuant to paragraph (1)), then, effective as of the day following the 
last day of that 5-year period--
            ``(A) the provisions of chapter 89 of title 5 shall be 
        applied as if such judge had satisfied the requirements of 
        section 8905(b)(1) on the last day of such period; and
            ``(B) the provisions of paragraph (1) shall cease to apply.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `open enrollment 
period' refers to a period described in section 8905(g)(1) of title 5.

 (6)Page 26, line 23, strike [6301(2)(xiii)] and insert: 6301(2)(B)(xiii)

 (7)Page 29, beginning on line 8, strike [(1) in subparagraph (A),] and all that 
follows through [first''.] on line 24, and insert:
            (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter following clause 
        (ii), by striking ``or October 1, 2002, whichever occurs 
        first,''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) in subclause (II), by striking ``or 
                        October 1, 2002, whichever occurs first''; and
                            (ii) in the matter following subclause 
                        (II)--
                                    (I) by striking ``October 1, 2003, 
                                or''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``, whichever 
                                occurs first''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), in the matter following 
                subclause (II)--
                            (i) by striking ``October 1, 2003, or''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``, whichever occurs 
                        first''.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.