Pub. L. 90-219, tit. II, sec. 202

Sec. 202. Section 376, title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsections: 81 Stat. 669 “(r) The Director of the Federal Judicial Center shall be deemed a judge of the United States for the purposes of this section and shall be entitled to bring himself within the purview of this section by filing an election as provided in subsection (a) of this section within the time therein specified. As applied to a Director of the Federal Judicial Center, the phrase ‘retirement from office by resignation on salary under section 371(a) of this title’ as used in subsections (b), (c), (g), (i), and (n) of this section shall mean ‘retirement from office under subsection (c) or (d) of section 627 of this title or by removal after not less than ten years service’, the phrase ‘salary paid after retirement’ as used in subsection (b) of this section shall mean ‘annuity paid after retirement under subsection (c) or (d) of section 627 of this title”, and the phrase ‘resigns from office other than on salary under section 371 (a) of this title” as used in subsection (f) of this section shall mean ‘resigns from office otherwise than on retirement under subsection (c) or (d) of section 627 of this title or is removed after less than ten years service’. “(s) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall lie deemed a judge of the United States for the purposes of this section and shall lie entitled to bring himself within the purview of this section by filing an election as provided in subsection (a) of this section within the tune therein specified. As applied to a Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the phrase, ‘retirement from office by resignation on salary under section 371(a) of this title’ as used in subsections (b), (c), (g), (i), and (n) of this section shall mean ‘retirement from office under section 611 of this title or by removal after not less than ten years service’, the phrase ‘salary paid after retirement’ as used in subsection (b) of this section shall mean ‘annuity paid after retirement under section 611 of this title’, and the phrase ‘resigns from office other than on salary under section 371(a) of this title’ as used in subsection (f) of this section shall mean ‘resigns from office otherwise than on retirement under section 611 of this title or is removed after less than ten years service’.”