HR 875
105th Congress
House
Law
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Indexing (Economic policy)
Judicial compensation
Supreme Court justices
To adjust, and provide a procedure for the future adjustment of, the salaries of Federal judges.
Introduced: February 27, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 5, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Feb 27, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 27, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Increases the salaries of the Chief Justice and associate Supreme Court justices of the United States and the judges of the United States courts of appeals, the United States district courts, and the United States Court of International Trade by 9.6 percent.
Requires future adjustments in judicial salaries to equal the percentage by which General Schedule pay rates are adjusted (currently, the percentage change in the Employment Cost Index).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Committees of jurisdiction
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