‘‘(v) The annuity of an employee retiring under sec-
tion 8336(q) 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 21⁄2 
percent of such employee’s average pay by the years of 
that service.’’. 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Sections 8337(a) and 8339(g) are amended by striking 
‘‘or (s)’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(s), or (v)’’. 
(2) Subsections (j), (k)(1), (l), and (m) of section 
8339, subsections (b)(1) and (d) of section 8341, and sec-
tion 8344(a)(A) are amended by striking ‘‘and (s)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘(s), and (v)’’. 
(3) Subsections (j)(3) (in the matter before subpara-
graph (A)), (j)(5)(C)(iii), and (k)(2)(C) of section 8339 
and section 8343a(c) are amended by striking ‘‘and (q)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(q), and (v)’’.
SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE FEDERAL EMPLOY-
EES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 8401 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end;
(2) in paragraph (34), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(35) ‘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) (tak-
ing into account any amendments deemed to be in effect 
with respect thereto) 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 reference 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 (g)(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 (l) applies).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) 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 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.’’. 
(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), by inserting ‘‘adminis-
trative law judges,’’ after ‘‘military reserve techni-
cians,’’ 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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