Administrative Law Judges Pay Reform Act of 2004

Administrative Law Judges Pay Reform Act of 2004 - Increases the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay for administrative law judges by linking those rates to level III of the Executive Schedule (currently level IV). Increases the maximum rate of locality pay for administrative law judges to level II of the Executive Schedule (currently level III).

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2064 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2064

   To increase the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay payable to 
           administrative law judges, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2004

 Mr. Voinovich introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To increase the minimum and maximum rates of basic pay payable to 
           administrative law judges, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Administrative Law Judges Pay Reform 
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED LIMITS.

    (a) Basic Pay.--Section 5372(b)(1)(C) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``level IV'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``level III''.
    (b) Locality-Based Comparability Pay.--Paragraph (2) of section 
5304(g) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 
1125(a)(1)(A) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108-136), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) The applicable maximum under this subsection shall be--
            ``(A) level III of the Executive Schedule for--
                    ``(i) positions under subparagraph (A) or (C) of 
                subsection (h)(1); and
                    ``(ii) any positions under subsection (h)(1)(D) 
                which the President may determine; and
            ``(B) level II of the Executive Schedule for positions 
        under subsection (h)(1)(B).''.
    (c) Technical Correction.--Section 5304(h)(2)(B)(i) of title 5, 
United States Code, as amended by section 1125(a)(1)(C)(i)(II) of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 
108-136), is amended by striking ``(vii)'' and inserting ``(vi)''.
    (d) Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this Act shall--
                    (A) for purposes of computing any rate of 
                compensation for service performed in any pay period 
                beginning before the date specified under paragraph 
                (2), be treated as if they had never been enacted; and
                    (B) for purposes of computing any rate of 
                compensation for service performed in any pay period 
                beginning on or after the date specified under 
                paragraph (2), take effect as if included in the 
                enactment of Public Law 108-136.
            (2) Date specified.--The date specified under this 
        paragraph shall be the earlier of--
                    (A) the first day of the first pay period beginning 
                at least 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act; or
                    (B) such other date (not earlier than the date of 
                the enactment of this Act) as the Office of Personnel 
                Management may determine.
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