and (k)(2)(C) of section 8339 are amended by striking 
‘‘and (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘(r), and (v)’’. 
(4) Section 8335(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘8331(29)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘8331(30)(A)’’. 
SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 8401 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (35), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(36) ‘administrative law judge’ means an ad-
ministrative law judge appointed under section 3105 
or a similar prior provision of law.’’. 
(b) IMMEDIATE
RETIREMENT.—Section 8412 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) 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.’’. 
(c) EARLY RETIREMENT.—Section 8414 is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) An administrative law judge who is separated 
from the service voluntarily after completing 10 years of
service as an administrative law judge but before becoming 
55 years of age is entitled to a reduced annuity. An admin-
istrative law judge is entitled to an annuity if such judge 
would be entitled to an annuity under subsection (b) if 
such subsection were applied by substituting ‘5 years of 
service’ for ‘25 years of service, or after becoming 50 years 
of age and completing 20 years of service,’, and the ref-
erence to ‘removal for cause on charges of misconduct or 
delinquency’ in paragraph (1)(A) thereof were considered 
to refer to a removal under section 1215, 7521, or 7532.’’. 
(d) COMPUTATION OF ANNUITY.—Section 8415 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘or air 
traffic controller.’’ and inserting ‘‘air traffic con-
troller, or administrative law judge (with respect to 
any service as to which the percentage set forth in 
the first sentence of subsection (n) applies).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) The annuity of an employee retiring under sec-
tion 8412(i) or 8414(e) is computed under such provisions 
of this section as would (but for this subsection) otherwise 
apply, except that, with respect to such employee’s— 
‘‘(1) service as an administrative law judge, and 
‘‘(2) military service not exceeding 5 years,
such employee’s annuity is computed by multiplying 17⁄10 
percent of such employee’s average pay by the years of 
that service. The annuity computed under this section for 
an employee retiring under the first sentence of section 
8414(e) is reduced by 1⁄6 of 1 percent for each full month 
the employee is under 55 years of age at the date of sepa-
ration.’’. 
(e) DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY.—Section 8422(a)(3) is 
amended by adding after the item relating to a nuclear 
materials courier the following: 
‘‘Administrative law judge ...........................................
7 ..............
January 1, 1987, to December 
31, 1998. 
7.25 .........
January 1, 1999, to December 
31, 1999. 
7.4 ...........
January 1, 2000, to December 
31, 2000. 
7 ..............
January 1, 2001, to (but not 
including) the effective date 
of the Administrative Law 
Judges Retirement Act of 
2005.
8 ..............
The effective date of the Ad-
ministrative Law Judges 
Retirement Act of 2005 and 
thereafter.’’. 
(f) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 8423 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘and 
employees under sections 302 and 303 of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency Retirement Act, multiplied 
by’’ and inserting ‘‘employees under sections 302 
and 303 of the Central Intelligence Agency Retire-
ment Act, and administrative law judges, multiplied 
by’’;
(2) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection 
(a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) In determining any normal-cost percentage to 
be applied under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) amounts provided for under section 8422 
shall be taken into account; and 
‘‘(B) amounts provided by or for administrative 
law judges under subchapter III of chapter 83 (in-
cluding sections 8334 and 8348, and whether pro-
vided before, on, or after the effective date of this 
subparagraph) shall, to the extent they exceed the 
normal cost of the benefits which are (i) provided for 
under subchapter III of chapter 83, and (ii) attrib-
utable to service performed as an administrative law 
judge (within the meaning of such subchapter), be 
taken into account as if they had been provided by 
or for administrative law judges under this chap-
ter.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by inserting ‘‘ad-
ministrative law judges,’’ after ‘‘military reserve 
technicians,’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect as of the first
day of the first pay period beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
considered to apply with respect to any annuity entitle-
ment to which is based on a separation from service occur-
ring before the effective date of this Act. 
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