[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1023 Introduced in Senate (IS)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1023

 To increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2003

 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
        Alexander, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Durbin, and Ms. Collins) 
        introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
        referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the annual salaries 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 SALARY INCREASE.

    The annual salaries of the Chief Justice of the United States, 
associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, United 
States circuit judges, United States district judges, judges of the 
United States Court of International Trade, and judges of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims are increased in the amount of 16.5 
percent of their respective existing annual salary rates, rounded to 
the nearest $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next 
higher multiple of $100).

SEC. 2. COORDINATION RULE.

    If a pay adjustment under section 1 is to be made for an office or 
position as of the same date that any other pay adjustment would take 
effect for such office or position, the adjustment under this Act shall 
be made first.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable 
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004.
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