Pub. L. 94-82, tit. II, sec. 205

Sec. 205. (a) (1) Chapter 21 of title 28, United States Code, relating to general provisions applicable to courts and judges, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “§ 461. Adjustments in certain salaries “(a) Effective at the beginning of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first, day of the month in which an adjustment takes effect under section 5305 of title 5 in the rates of pay under the General Schedule (except as provided in subsection (b)), 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 overall average percentage (as set forth in the report transmitted to the Congress under such section 5305) of the adjustments in the rates of pay under such Schedule. “(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the extent it would reduce the salary of any individual whose compensation may not, under section 1 of article III of the Constitution of the United States, be diminished during such individual’s continuance in office.”. (2) The analysis of chapter 21 of such title is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: “461. Adjustments la certain salaries.”. (b) (1) Section 5 of title 28, United States Code, relating to salaries of justices of the Supreme Court, is amended to read as follows: “§ 5. Salaries of justices “The Chief Justice and each associate justice shall each receive a salary at annual rates determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (2) Section 44(d) of title 28, United States Code, relating to salaries of circuit judges, is amended to read as follows: “(d) Each circuit judge shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (3) Section 135 of title 28, United States Code, relating to salaries of district judges, is amended to read as follows: “§ 135. Salaries of district judges “Each judge of a district court of the United States shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (4) The second sentence of section 173 of title 28, United States Code, relating to salaries of judges of the Court of Claims, is amended to read as follows: “Each shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (5) The second sentence of section 213 of title 28, United States Code, relating to salaries of judges of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, is amended to read as follows: “Each shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal 89 STAT. 423Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (6) The second sentence of section 252 of title 28, United States Code, relating to judges of the Customs Court, is amended to read as follows: “Each shall receive a salary at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title.”. (7) So much of the first sentence of section 792(b) (relating to salaries of Court, of Claims commissioners) of title 28, United States Code, as precedes “, and also all necessary traveling expenses” is amended to read as follows: “Each commissioner shall receive pay at an annual rate determined under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted by section 461 of this title”. (8) The first sentence of section 40a of the Bankruptcy Act (11 U.S.C. 68(a)), relating to compensation of referees in bankruptcy, is amended to read as follows: “Referees shall receive as full compensation for their services salaries to be fixed by the conference, in the light of the recommendations of the councils, made after advising with the district judges of their respective circuits, and of the Director, at rates, in the case of full-time referees, not more than the rate determined for such referees under section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 351–361), as adjusted under section 461 of title 28, United States Code, and in the case of part-time referees, not more than one-half of such rate, as so adjusted.”.