HR 2701
104th Congress
House
Law
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Judicial compensation
Supreme Court justices
To repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.
Introduced: November 30, 1995
Introduced by:
Wicker, Roger F.
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 6, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Nov 30, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 30, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Repeals a Federal provision limiting salary increases for Federal judges or Supreme Court Justices to those specifically authorized by Act of Congress.
Amends the Federal judicial code to make the cost of living adjustments in judicial salaries effective in the first pay period beginning on or after January 1 each year (currently, such adjustments are triggered by General Schedule adjustments).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Committees of jurisdiction
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