I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2316
To enhance the terms of the retirement annuities of administrative law 
judges. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2003
Mr. WYNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To enhance the terms of the retirement annuities of 
administrative law judges.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2003’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Whenever in this Act an amend-
ment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a section 
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of title 5, United 
States Code.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CIVIL SERVICE RE-
TIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 8331 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (27), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (28), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(29) ‘administrative law judge’ means an ad-
ministrative law judge appointed under section 3105 
or a similar prior provision of law.’’. 
(b) DEDUCTIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND DEPOS-
ITS.—Section 8334 is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)(1), by 
striking ‘‘or nuclear materials courier,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘nuclear materials courier, or administrative law 
judge,’’; 
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)(1), 
by striking the period and inserting the following: 
‘‘; however, the amount to be contributed under this 
sentence with respect to service performed as an ad-
ministrative law judge after the effective date of the 
Administrative Law Judges Retirement Act of 2003 
shall be the amount equal to the product of basic 
pay paid for that service multiplied by the percent-
age that is 1 percentage point less than the percent-
age applicable under subsection (c).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by adding after the item 
relating to a nuclear materials courier the following:
‘‘Administrative law judge .........................
5 ..........
June 11, 1947, to June 
30, 1948. 
6 ..........
July 1, 1948, to Octo-
ber 31, 1956. 
6.5 .......
November 1, 1956, to 
December 31, 1969. 
7 ..........
January 1, 1970, to De-
cember 31, 1998. 
7.25 .....
January 1, 1999, to De-
cember 31, 1999. 
7.4 .......
January 1, 2000, to De-
cember 31, 2000. 
7 ..........
January 1, 2001, to 
(but not including) 
the effective date of 
the Administrative 
Law Judges Retire-
ment Act of 2003. 
8 ..........
The effective date of the 
Administrative Law 
Judges Retirement 
Act of 2003 and 
thereafter.’’. 
(c) IMMEDIATE
RETIREMENT.—Section 8336 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) An administrative law judge who is separated 
from the service after completing 10 years of service as 
an administrative law judge and becoming 55 years of age 
is entitled to an annuity. An administrative law judge who 
is separated from the service voluntarily after completing 
10 years of service as an administrative law judge but be-
fore becoming 55 years of age is entitled to a reduced an-
nuity. An administrative law judge is entitled to an annu-
ity if such judge would be entitled to an annuity under 
subsection (d) (taking into account any amendments 
deemed to be in effect with respect thereto) if such sub-
section were applied by substituting ‘5’ for ‘25 years of 
service or after becoming 50 years of age and completing 
20’, and the reference to ‘removal for cause on charges 
of misconduct or delinquency’ in paragraph (1) thereof 
were considered to refer to a removal under section 1215, 
7521, or 7532.’’. 
(d) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY.—Section 8339 is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘(r), and (s)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(r), (s), and (v)’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (h), by 
striking ‘‘subsections (a), (b), (d)(5), and (f) of this 
section for an employee retiring under section 
8336(d), (h), (j), or (o) of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsections (a), (b), (d)(5), (f), and (v) for an em-
ployee retiring under section 8336(d), (h), (j), or 
(o), or the second sentence of section 8336(q),’’; 
(3) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘(r), or (s)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(r), (s), or (v)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: