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Union Calendar No. 223

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 915

[Report No. 106–387]

To authorize a cost of living adjustment in the pay of administrative law

judges.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 2, 1999

Mr. GEKAS (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. FILNER,

Mr. WOLF, and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

JUNE 10, 1999

The Committee on the Judiciary discharged

JUNE 10, 1999

Rereferred to the Committee on Government Reform

OCTOBER 18, 1999

Additional sponsors: Mr. KASICH, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. FORD, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms.

WOOLSEY, Mr. WISE, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. HOSTETTLER

OCTOBER 18, 1999

Reported from the Committee on Government Reform with an amendment,

committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the

Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To authorize a cost of living adjustment in the pay of

administrative law judges.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.

4 Section 5372(b) of title 5, United States Code, is

5 amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after

7 ‘‘(1)’’ and by striking the second sentence and in8 serting the following:

9 ‘‘(B) Within level AL–3, there shall be 6 rates of

10 basic pay, designated as AL–3, rates A through F, respec11 tively. Level AL–2 and level AL–1 shall each have 1 rate

12 of basic pay.

13 ‘‘(C) The rate of basic pay for AL–3, rate A, may

14 not be less than 65 percent of the rate of basic pay for

15 level IV of the Executive Schedule, and the rate of basic

16 pay for AL–1 may not exceed the rate for level IV of the

17 Executive Schedule.’’;

18 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘upon’’

19 each time it appears and inserting ‘‘at the beginning

20 of the next pay period following’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(4) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the begin23 ning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or

24 after the first day of the month in which an adjustment

25 takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of basic pay
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1 under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for

2 administrative law judges shall be adjusted by an amount

3 determined by the President to be appropriate.’’

4 SECTION 1. PAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.

5 Section 5372(b) of title 5, United States Code, is

6 amended—

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after

8 ‘‘(1)’’ and by striking all after the first sentence and

9 inserting the following:

10 ‘‘(B) Within level AL–3, there shall be 6 rates of basic

11 pay, designated as AL–3, rates A through F, respectively.

12 Level AL–2 and level AL–1 shall each have 1 rate of basic

13 pay.

14 ‘‘(C) The rate of basic pay for AL–3, rate A, may not

15 be less than 65 percent of the rate of basic pay for level

16 IV of the Executive Schedule, and the rate of basic pay for

17 AL–1 may not exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive

18 Schedule.’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘upon’’

20 each time it appears and inserting ‘‘at the beginning

21 of the next pay period following’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(4) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the begin24 ning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or

25 after the first day of the month in which an adjustment
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1 takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of basic pay

2 under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for ad3 ministrative law judges shall be adjusted by an amount de4 termined by the President to be appropriate.’’

Union Calendar No. 223

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 915

[Report No. 106–387]

A BILL

To authorize a cost of living adjustment in the pay

of administrative law judges.

OCTOBER 18, 1999

Reported from the Committee on Government Reform

with an amendment, committed to the Committee ofthe Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed