An Act to provide for the creation of a Commission on Judicial and Congressional Salaries, and for other purposes
PL 83-220 (S.2417), enacted 08/07/1953

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"(B) In the case of any individual who has made a waiver 
under this paragraph— 
"(i) no annuity shall be payable to any person under 
the Civil Service Retirement Act with respect to any serv-
ice performed by such individual (whether performed 
before or after such waiver is filed and whether per-
formed as judge or otherwise); 
"(ii) no deduction shall be made from any salary, pay, 
or compensation of such individual for the purposes of 
the civil-service retirement and disability fund for any 
period beginning after the day on which such waiver 
is filed; 
"(iii) except as provided in clause (iv), no refund 
shall be made under the Civil Service Retirement Act of 
any amount credited to the account of such individual 
or of any interest on any amount so credited; 
"(iv) additional sums voluntarily deposited by such 
individual under the second paragraph of section 10 of 
the Civil Service Retirement Act shall be promptly re-
funded, together with interest on such additional sums 
at 3 per centum per annum (compounded on December 
31 of each year) to the day of such filing; and 
"(v) subsections (e) and (g) of section 12 of the Civil 
Service Retirement Act shall not apply. 
"(4) EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION.—The fourth and sixth para-
graphs of section 6 of the Civil Service Retirement Act shall apply 
in respect of retired pay accruing under subsection (d) of this 
section as if such retired pay were an annuity payable under such 
Act." 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
S u s e 691 note. 
5 u s e 691 note. 
46 Stat. 475. 
5 u s e 719-1. 
5 u s e 724. 
5 u s e 710-714. 
Public Law 220 
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AN ACT 
To provide for the creation of a Commission on Judicial and Congressional 
Salaries, and for other purposes. 
August 7, 1953 
[S. 2417] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) there is 
hereby established a Commission to be known as the "Commission on 
Judicial and Congressional Salaries" hereinafter referred to as the 
"Commission". 
The Commission shall be composed of eighteen 
members, of whom (1) six shall be appointed by the President of the 
United States, one of whom, so designated by him, shall be Chairman 
of the Commission, (2) six shall be appointed by the Chief Justice 
of the United States, (3) three shall be appointed by the President of 
the Senate, and (4) three shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 
House. 
Each such appointing officer shall select his appointees in 
equal number from outstanding leaders in each of the following 
groups: (1) Labor, (2) business and professional, and (3) agriculture. 
(b) In order that the Commission shall be adequately advised and in 
order to assist it in the performance of its functions, there shall be, in 
addition to the Members provided in subsection (a), six advisory 
members who shall have been or who are Members of the Eighty-
second or Eighty-third Congress, three of whom shall be appointed 
by the Speaker of the House and three of whom shall be appointed 
by the President of the Senate, and three advisory members who are 
Commission on 
Judicial and eon-
g r e s s i o n a l Sal-
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active or retired judges or justices of courts of the United States, to 
be appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 
Advisory 
members shall have all the rights and privileges of other members 
of the Commission except that of voting upon matters before the 
Commission. 
(c) No person shall be qualified to serve as a member of the Commis-
sion, except as an advisory member, who is or has at any time been 
a Member of Congress or a justice or judge of a court of the United 
States. 
(d) The members of the Commission shall serve without pay but 
shall be entitled to $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence while attending 
meetings of the Commission away from their homes, together with 
transportation costs and other expenses incidental to attendance upon 
such meetings. 
(e) The expenses of the Commission, which shall not exceed $20,000, 
shall be paid one-half from the contingent fund of the Senate and 
one-half from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives 
upon vouchers signed by the chairman of the Commission. Disburse-
ments to pay such expenses shall be made by the Secretary of the 
Senate out of the contingent fund of the Senate, such contingent fund 
to be reimbursed from the contingent fund of the House of Repre-
sentatives in the amount of one-half of the disbursements so made. 
SEC. 2. (a) The Commission shall (1) determine appropriate rates 
of salaries for justices and judges of the courts of the United States 
and for the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, and Members of Congress, in order to provide fair and reason-
able compensation to such officials, and (2) report its findings on 
or before January 15, 1954, to the President, the Chief Justice of the 
United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives. 
(b) In determining such rates the Commission shall take into con-
sideration any and all factors deemed by it to be pertinent and appro-
priate, including, but not limited to— 
(1) the qualifications desirable for members of the Federal 
judiciary and for the presiding officers and Members of the 
Congress; 
(2) the compensation or income currently earned by persons 
of comparable qualifications in labor, business, the professions, or 
other private pursuits; 
(3) the sacrifices involved in the acceptance of appointment to 
the Federal judiciary or of membership in the Congress, including 
(A) in the case of members of the Federal judiciary the interrup-
tion of private practice at the time when it is most remunerative, 
and the necessity for divorcing oneself from outside activities 
which are productive of income, and (B) in the case of Members 
of the Congress the interruption of a private career, the impor-
tance of preserving, to the extent possible, the Member's station 
in his community in anticipation of the time when he may be 
retired to private life, and the difficulties accompanying the 
resumption of a private career; 
(4) the interruptions to normal family life, resulting in the case 
of many members of the Federal judiciary from the necessity of 
holding court at points remote from their residences and in the 
case of Members of the Congress from the necessity of maintaining 
two domiciles, one at the seat of government and the other in the 
Member's State; and 
(5) in the case of Members of the Congress, the necessity of 
making frequent trips between the seat of government and the 
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Member's State in order adequately to represent his constituents 
and to maintain his family relationship. 
SEC. 3. (a) Within sixty legislative days after the submission of the 
report of the Commission the Congress shall consider the report and 
enact legislation establishing the salaries of justices and judges of the 
courts of the United States and the salaries and mileage of Members 
of Congress, including the Vice President and the Speaker of the 
House. 
Such rates shall not be less than those prevailing on the date 
of enactment hereof (including the amount of the expense allowance 
herein described) and shall not exceed those recommended by the 
Commission. 
(b) Any rates which may become effective under subsection (a) 
shall be in lieu of those otherwise provided by law and, in the case 
of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Kepresentatives, 
and Members of Congress, in lieu of the expense allowances provided 
for by section 111 of title 3 of the United States Code, subsection 
(e) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to increase rates 
of compensation of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives", approved January 19,1949 (63 Stat. 
4), and section 601 (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
respectively. 
(c) Whenever there is no Vice President, the President of the 
Senate for the time being shall be entitled to the salary provided for 
by this section for the Vice President. 
(d) The full amount of any salary provided for by this section shall 
be taken into account for the purposes of the Civil Service Retire-
ment Act of May 29,1930. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act— 
(1) The term "court of the United States" means the Supreme Court 
of the United States, a United States Court of Appeals, a United 
States District Court established under chapter 5 of title 28 of the 
United States Code (including the District Courts of the United States 
for the Districts of Hawaii and Puerto Rico), the United States Court 
of Claims, the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 
the United States Customs Court, the United States District Court 
for the District of Alaska, the United States District Court of the 
Virgin Islands, the Tax Court of the United States, and the Court 
of Military Appeals. 
(2) The term "Members of Congress" includes the Delegates from 
the Territories and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. 
SEC. 5. The Commission shall terminate upon the filing of its report 
as provided in section 2. 
Approved August 7, 1953. 
Con g r e s s ional 
action. 
63 Stat. 4. 
2 u s e 31b. 
60 Stat. 850. 
2 u s e 31a. 
46 Stat. 468. 
5 u s e 691 note. 
Definitions. 
62 Stat. 872. 
Termination. 
Public Law 221 
CHAPTER 354 
AN ACT 
To continue until the close of June 30, 1954, the suspension of duties and import 
taxes on metal scrap, and for other purposes. 
August 7, 1953 
[H. R. 5148] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
Urdted States of America in Congress assembled^ That the first sen- 
Metai scrap, 
tence of section 2 of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 869, 
Eighty-first Congress), is hereby amended by striking out "June 30, 
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1953" and inserting in lieu thereof "June 30, 1954": Provided, That 3o?note.^°°^'''"' 
this Act shall not apply to lead scrap or zinc scrap (other than zinc 
scrap purchased under a written contract entered into before July 
1, 1953).