APPOINTMENT; TERM OF OFFICE.

SEC. 952. APPOINTMENT; TERM OF OFFICE. (a) Subsection (b) of section 7443 (relating to appointment of Tax Court judges) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “No individual shall be a judge of the Tax Court unless he is appointed to that office before attaining the age of 65.” (b) Subsection (e) of such section (relating to terms of office of Tax Court judges) is amended to read as follows: “(e) Term of Office.—The term of office of any judge of the Tax Court shall expire 15 years after he takes office.”