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HR 698 106th Congress House Law Congress Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Indexing (Economic policy) Judicial compensation Labor and Employment Legislation 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: February 10, 1999 Introduced by: Wicker, Roger F. Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
Feb 10, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 10, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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). Prohibits the percentage adjustment taking effect in a calendar year, in any salary rate, from exceeding that adjustment taking effect in such year under General Schedule pay rate provisions.

What's happening now February 25, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 698: 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.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-698/
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"H.R. 698: 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.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-698/.
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H.R. 698, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-698/.
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