[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2353 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2353

 To increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United 
         States, and to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 14, 2007

  Mr. Durbin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To increase the annual salaries of justices and judges of the United 
         States, and to increase fees for bankruptcy trustees.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Judicial Compensation Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. 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, 
and judges of the United States Court of International Trade are 
increased in the amount of 16.5 percent of their respective annual 
salary rates in effect on the effective date of this Act, rounded to 
the nearest $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, to the next 
higher multiple of $100).
    (b) Coordination Rule.--If a pay adjustment under 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 Act shall be made first.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEES.

    Section 330(b)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is amended, in 
the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B), by striking ``$15'' 
each place that term appears and inserting ``$55''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act.
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