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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5014 
To provide for fairness for the Federal judiciary. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2006 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide for fairness for the Federal judiciary. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Judicial Fair-
ness Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. JUDICIAL COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES. 
(a) REPEAL OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENT RELAT-
ING TO JUDICIAL SALARIES.—Section 140 of the resolu-
tion entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution making further con-
tinuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for 
other purposes.’’, approved December 15, 1981 (Public 
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Law 97–92; 95 Stat. 1200; 28 U.S.C. 461 note), is re-
pealed. 
(b) 
AUTOMATIC
ANNUAL
INCREASES.—Section 
461(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), effective on the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after January 1 of each calendar year, each salary rate 
which is subject to adjustment under this section shall be 
adjusted by an amount, rounded to the nearest multiple 
of $100 (or if midway between multiples of $100, to the 
next higher multiple of $100) equal to the percentage of 
such salary rate which corresponds to the most recent per-
centage change in the ECI (relative to the date described 
in the next sentence), as determined under section 
704(a)(1) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989. The appro-
priate date under this sentence is the first day of the fiscal 
year that begins in the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(2) In no event shall the percentage adjustment tak-
ing effect under paragraph (1) in any calendar year (be-
fore rounding), in any salary rate, exceed the percentage 
adjustment taking effect in such calendar year under sec-
tion 5303 of title 5 in the rates of pay under the General 
Schedule.’’. 
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(c) JUDICIAL SALARY INCREASES.—Effective on the 
first day of the first applicable pay period that begins on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the rate 
of basic pay for the Chief Justice of the United States, 
an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States, a judge of a United States circuit court, a judge 
of a district court of the United States, a judge of the 
United States Court of International Trade, a bankruptcy 
judge, and a full-time magistrate judge shall be increased 
in the amount of 16.5 percent of their respective rates (as 
last in effect before the increase), rounded to the nearest 
multiple of $100 (or, if midway between multiples of $100, 
to the next higher multiple of $100). 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION RULE. 
If a pay adjustment under section 2 is to be made 
for an office or position as of the same date as any other 
pay adjustment affecting such office or position, the ad-
justment under section 2 shall be made first. 
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