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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.
Section 5372(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after
‘‘(1)’’ and by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) Within level AL–3, there shall be 6 rates of
basic pay, designated as AL–3, rates A through F, respec-
tively. Level AL–2 and level AL–1 shall each have 1 rate
of basic pay.
‘‘(C) The rate of basic pay for AL–3, rate A, may
not be less than 65 percent of the rate of basic pay for
level IV of the Executive Schedule, and the rate of basic
pay for AL–1 may not exceed the rate for level IV of the
Executive Schedule.’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘upon’’
each time it appears and inserting ‘‘at the beginning
of the next pay period following’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the begin-
ning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or
after the first day of the month in which an adjustment
takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of basic pay
under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for
administrative law judges shall be adjusted by an amount
determined by the President to be appropriate.’’
SECTION 1. PAY OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES.
Section 5372(b) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after
‘‘(1)’’ and by striking all after the first sentence and
inserting the following:
‘‘(B) Within level AL–3, there shall be 6 rates of basic
pay, designated as AL–3, rates A through F, respectively.
Level AL–2 and level AL–1 shall each have 1 rate of basic
pay.
‘‘(C) The rate of basic pay for AL–3, rate A, may not
be less than 65 percent of the rate of basic pay for level
IV of the Executive Schedule, and the rate of basic pay for
AL–1 may not exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive
Schedule.’’;
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘upon’’
each time it appears and inserting ‘‘at the beginning
of the next pay period following’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the begin-
ning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or
after the first day of the month in which an adjustment
takes effect under section 5303 in the rates of basic pay
under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for ad-
ministrative law judges shall be adjusted by an amount de-
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 of
the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed