H.R. 2181 (101st): To restore lost compensation and establish the procedure for adjusting future compensation of justices and judges of the United States.

Introduced:
May 02, 1989 (101st Congress, 1989–1990)
Sponsor:
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier [D-WI2]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on May 2, 1989, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced May 02, 1989
Cosponsors
22 cosponsors (14D, 8R) (show)
Committees

House Post Office and Civil Service

House Judiciary

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5/2/1989--Introduced.
Increases the annual salary rates of the Chief Justice, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, U.S. Circuit Judges, U.S. District Judges, and judges of the U.S. Court of International Trade by 30 percent of their respective existing rates. Requires that certain judicial salary rates be adjusted on the same date that civil service retirement annuities are increased and by the same percentage amount as such annuities are increased. Repeals a provision of the judicial code that required specific congressional authorization for salary increases for Federal judges and justices of the Supreme Court. Authorizes appropriations.

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