To amend section 376 of title 28, United States Code, to allow a period of open enrollment for certain individuals who are elevated to the position of chief judge of a district.

Amends the Federal judicial code to include a chief judge of a district as a "judicial official" who may provide for survivor annuities. Allows six months for an individual who became such a chief judge between January 1, 2002, and the date of this Act's enactment, but who has not filed a written notification of his or her intention to provide for survivor annuities, to file such notification.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H.R. 2039 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2039

To amend section 376 of title 28, United States Code, to allow a period 
  of open enrollment for certain individuals who are elevated to the 
                 position of chief judge of a district.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2003

 Mr. McCrery introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 376 of title 28, United States Code, to allow a period 
  of open enrollment for certain individuals who are elevated to the 
                 position of chief judge of a district.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ELEVATED TO POSITION 
              OF CHIEF JUDGE OF A DISTRICT.

    Section 376(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (G), by adding ``or'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following:
                    ``(H) a chief judge of a district;''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Effective Date.--Subject to subsection (b), the amendments made 
by section 1 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (b) Applicability to Certain Individuals.--An individual who became 
a chief judge of a district during the period beginning January 1, 2002 
and ending on the date of enactment of this Act, but has not made the 
notification described under section 376(a)(1) of title 28, United 
States Code, may come within the purview of section 376 of that title 
if he or she makes such notification not later than 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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