S. 394105th CongressSenate Bill

Provides for a specified increase in Federal judicial salaries.

Official title: 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.

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Provides for a specified increase in Federal judicial salaries. Amends the Federal judicial code to: (1) provide for annual judicial cost-of-living adjustments; and (2) base such adjustments upon the Federal General Schedule. Amends Federal law to repeal the requirement that the Congress must vote for judicial cost-of-living adjustments.

Introduced Mar 5, 1997
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Who introduced this

OH

Orrin Hatch

Republican

U.S. Senator · UT

Bipartisan — 26 cosponsors (14 D, 12 R)

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