[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 1023 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 145
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, Ms. Collins, Mr. Lott, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mr. Miller, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. 
   Corzine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             June 18, 2003

                 Reported by Mr. Hatch, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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.

    (a) In General.--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).

<DELETED>SEC. 2. COORDINATION RULE.</DELETED>

    (b) Coordination Rule.--If a pay adjustment under <DELETED>section 
1</DELETED> subsection (a) 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 <DELETED>Act</DELETED> 
section shall be made first.

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

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

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR COST OF LIVING 
              ADJUSTMENTS.

    Section 140 of Public Law 97-92 (28 U.S.C. 461 note) is repealed.

SEC. 3. MEDIA COVERAGE OF COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Presiding judge.--The term ``presiding judge'' means 
        the judge presiding over the court proceeding concerned. In 
        proceedings in which more than 1 judge participates, the 
        presiding judge shall be the senior active judge so 
        participating or, in the case of a circuit court of appeals, 
        the senior active circuit judge so participating, except that--
                    (A) in en banc sittings of any United States 
                circuit court of appeals, the presiding judge shall be 
                the chief judge of the circuit whenever the chief judge 
                participates; and
                    (B) in en banc sittings of the Supreme Court of the 
                United States, the presiding judge shall be the Chief 
                Justice whenever the Chief Justice participates.
            (2) Appellate court of the united states.--The term 
        ``appellate court of the United States'' means any United 
        States circuit court of appeals and the Supreme Court of the 
        United States.
    (b) Authority of Presiding Judge To Allow Media Coverage of Court 
Proceedings.--
            (1) Authority of appellate courts.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the presiding judge of an appellate 
        court of the United States may, in the discretion of that 
        judge, permit the photographing, electronic recording, 
        broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings 
        over which that judge presides.
            (2) Authority of district courts.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, any presiding judge of a district 
                court of the United States may, in the discretion of 
                that judge, permit the photographing, electronic 
                recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of 
                court proceedings over which that judge presides.
                    (B) Obscuring of witnesses.--
                            (i) In general.--Upon the request of any 
                        witness in a trial proceeding other than a 
                        party, the court shall order the face and voice 
                        of the witness to be disguised or otherwise 
                        obscured in such manner as to render the 
                        witness unrecognizable to the broadcast 
                        audience of the trial proceeding.
                            (ii) Notification to witnesses.--The 
                        presiding judge in a trial proceeding shall 
                        inform each witness who is not a party that the 
                        witness has the right to request that the image 
                        and voice of that witness be obscured during 
                        the witness' testimony.
            (3) Advisory guidelines.--The Judicial Conference of the 
        United States may promulgate advisory guidelines to which a 
        presiding judge, in the discretion of that judge, may refer in 
        making decisions with respect to the management and 
        administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or 
        televising described under paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (c) Sunset.--The authority under subsection (b)(2) shall terminate 
3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Pay Adjustments.--Section 1 shall take effect on the first day 
of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
2004.
    (b) Repeal and Media Coverage.--Sections 2 and 3 shall take effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act.




                                                       Calendar No. 145

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1023

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 18, 2003

                        Reported with amendments