664 PUBLIC LAW 90-219-DEC. 20, 1967

P ublic Law 90-219

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December 20, 1967 AN ACT (H, R, 611 1] Tu 11r11,·ide f11r lhP. t-Mahi i~J1111e11t of n Fe(lern l ,TtHlic:i11I (.'1-1,tt'l', mul for olhcw

1rnrposes.

Be it 6'Tlttcted by the Sen,de and Hou,,e of Reprt'xerda.ficelJ of tlrn F .. dera1 J wllc:1"-1 United l::ttcdes of_A1nerica ·i11, Oo11rrre..<1s UIWJmbleii-,

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Functions.

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TITLE I- FEDERAL JUDI{'IAL C.KN1'ER

. ~ •10. 101. T itle 28, rn.ited States ('ode, is amended by inserting, immediately :following clwpter 41, n 11 ew chapter ns follows:

"Chapter 42..:....FEDERAL J UDICIAL CENTER 11Sec. "1)20. FecJera.t Judicial Center. ' '621. Boar d : co10J)oslt1on, tenure of memhers, compe1t!Wtlo11. "622. ~Iootiugs; eonduct of business. ''628. Duties of tbe Board, ·'624. Powers of the Boord. "1125. Dlr~tor and staff'. ''CS26. Compensation of the Di1•eetor. ··021. Retirement; employee benefits, "628. Appropriations nnd acconnt.iJlg. "629. Organlzatiounl provisions.

"§ 620. Fedetal Judicial, Cent.er "(a,) There is established within the jud ici1tl bn1nch of the Govern­

meut a Federal Jud:icial Center, whose Plli'J?OSB ir shall be to furthe\' t.he development and ad<>ption of improved 1udicinl n.dmillist.n1tion in the courts of the United Stotes.

:, (b} T he Center sh!\.ll have the :following functions: "(1) to conduct research and study of the operation of the

courts of the United States, and to st.lmulate and coordinn.te such research and study on the part of other public and private persons a.nd agencies ; ·

"(2) to develop and present for considerat.io11 by the Judiciitl Conference of the United States recommend.a.lions for improve­ment of the administration nnd mann.ge1nent o:f the courts of the United States;

"(3) to stimulo.t:e, create, develop, 1111d conduct pl'ograms of continuing education and t raining £or personnel or the judicial branch of the Go-vernment , includ1ng, but not limited tot judges, referees, clerks 0£ court, pI'obat-ion officers, and 1.TnHM State.-, commis.sioners; a.nd ·

" ( 4) insofar as may be consistent with the pedo11u1wce of the other funct ions S!-)t forth in this section, to provide sb1ff, research~ and planning assistance to the Judicial Couference of the {Tnitect States and its commit~.

"§ 621. Board; com.position, tenure of members, compensation "(a.) The activities of the Center shall be supervised by R Board to

be comr,osed of- · ' (1) the Chief J ustice of the United Sti1.tes, who shall be .the

permnnent Cha.irm:\n of the Board; "(2} two active judges oft.he courts of nppenls of the United

Sta.tes a.nd three active judgns of the clistl'ict oourts of the United States elected b:y vote of the members of t,he Judicial Gon£erence of tho United Stntes: Provided, h<>wC1Je1•1 Th,lt- the judges so elected shall not be members of the .Tudi(!Jnl Co111el'ence of the Unit.eel States; a.nd

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"(3) the DirootA:>r of the Administro.ti-..•e Office of the United su~t.es Courts, who shall .be a p8rmanent membor of the Doai:cl.

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" ( b) 'l'he term of office of each elected mem~r of tho Doard sba JI be four yea.rs: P1•Vi>ided, MWMJer, Tna(. sect.fon 629 of t11is chapter R wut rlctlono,

shn.11 govern I.be terms of ofilcn of the nrst membors elected to tho Board : .d.nd provided fu:rth.er, That a. member clect.e<l. to serve for an unexpil'6d t.erm arising by virtue of the death, dis.'l.biHty, retiron-ienl or resignntion of a member shall be elected only for such unup~ term.

"(c) No member elected for a :four-yeo.r term shnll be el igible £or r'80lect-ion to the Board.

11 ( d) Members of the Doa.rd shall ao1·ve ,vithout. additional compen­

sation, but sho.11 be reimbursed for actual and necessary expellse.'i incurred in the per.formnnce of their offfojo.l duLies. "§ 622. Meetings; conduct of business

" {a) R~at meetings of tbe '.Bon.rd shall be held quarterly. SpeciaJ mcolinbrs shall be held from time to timo upon the call oj the Cha.it-­man, act.ing al his own discretion or pursuant to tho petition of any £our members.

"(b) Each member ol the Board shall be entitled to one vote. A. simple majori~ of Lhe membership shall constitute a. qu0Tt1Jn for the oouduct of bu1nness. T ho Boal'd sh.all act upon the concurrence of a simple ma.jorily of Lbe niernbets present and voUng. "§ 623. Duties of the Board

" ( a) In its di:reCC.ion and supervision of lhe activities of the Federal Judicial Ceuoor, the ::Soa1-d sh1tll-

"(l ) establish such policies and de<velop such pt'Ogt'lllll$ for the FedeL'al JndicinJ Centin- as will furtber achievement of i ts pur-pose and podonnancc of iLs funotiona; ·

"(2) for:niula.te iooommendations :for improvements iu the ndministmtion o.f the cour ts of the United Sta.tes, in the tJ:ainu1g of tho personnel of those courts, and in the managemMt of their ~ sources;

11 (9) submit to tho Juwcial Conferen~ of tho United Sto.te5i nt least one month in advanre o{ its an.nun.1 meeting, a report of the acti vities of tho Centor and such recommendations o.s t,he Boa.rd muy propose for tho consideration of t.he Con£orence;

"(4:) present to oilier govenunent depa-rtments, agencies, and instrumeutn.lit.ies whose rrop;rmns or activities relate to the administration of justice m the courts of the Uuit.ed States th o recommendations of I.he Conter fo>: t lie improvrun.ent of B'llch px·ograms or acliviti~;

"(6) study and detet·mine ways iu wh ich automatic uata proc­essing 1U1d syst~rns proceduros ma_y be a,pplied to the admin1stra­tio11 of the courts of tbe United 'ta.tes, and include in the annual report required by para.graph (3) of t.hh; su~ctio11 details o:£ the rosu.lt11 of the studies o.nd determinations made pu1-suo.nt to this pa,ragra.~h; n.nd .

"(6) oonstder o.nd rocomrnend to both public and__l)rivn.te ltgen­cies aspects of the operation of the cou1'ts of tho U1iited Stales deilmed worthy of special study.

II (b) The Boll.rd shall transmit to Congress o.nd to the Attorney Rcp.,lla to oo ...

Genctal o.f. the Unitod Sta_te;s co_pies of all re~118 aJ!d ~ ommcnda. ~:1~::~:~ "om­t ions submitted to the J udicial (}onfcrence of the Umted S tates. Tho Iloard 8hn.ll also keep the C-Otnruittoos on th~ Judicia.1·y of the United Stat.cs Senate and House of ReJ?reseDt!lt1ves fully and C\ll'rently informed with respect to tho aetivities of the Center.

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80 Stilt . 44 3 -H7, 467.

, o Slat. 4 63,

70 Stat, 74 3, S use 8331 cf

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An re, p. 217.

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"§ 624. Powers of the Board "The Board is allthorized-

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" (1) to appoint nnd .fix the duties of t,he Director uf the Federal ,Jud1c1n.J Centor , ,Yho shall serve at the p leasure o:f the Bonrcl;

11 (2) to r~ucsL i:rom any depar tment., ngency, 0 1· indopenct.eut inst.nuoental1t.y of the Government any inf ormation it deems nee• essary to the podorinance of the :funct1011s of the Federol Judicial Center set. fort.h in this ohnpter, nnd each such department, 11,gcncy, or instrumentality is directed to cooperate with the .Bon,rd 11.nd, to the extont permittell by law, to _fotnis.h such informnt.ion to the Center upon request of the CJ1ait·m,m or upou request of the Dfrector wl1en Ute Bon rd hM delegn.tcd this authority t,o him;

"(3) to coulrnct with nnd compensa.to governmant and priV'llle agencies or pel'SOns for r8S(lnrc11 proioc.ts nnd other services, witJ1-0 11 t rog ai-d to sootion 3'709 oJ tbe Revised S tatutes, as amended (41 CJ,S.C: l>)i 1111d to de.legato snch contrML 11tLLhority to t11e :OirectOl' of the Fectaral Judicial Center, who is horeby empowe1·ed to exer­cise such delegated lllu.horiLy.

"§ 62.5. Director 1md staff " ( {I,) Tbe Director shaU supei-vise the activities of pe!'son.s employed

by the Center and pol'form oth1n· dllties assigJ,0cl to hi1n by the Donni. "(b) 'rhe Director shall nppoint n.nd .fix I.he compensnt.iou of such

11Cld1tionnl professional peroonneJ as the Board may deem nooessary, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United S tntas Code, govern­ing appoi11tJnents in competitive service, or tho _provisions of chapter 51 and subc11aptcl' III o:f cha.plc,1• ~3 of such t.itleJ rnln,t ing to classifi-

. cation und General Schedule pay rates: Prro'IJ'idl!,(J,, howt5vor, That the compensation o-f any person !'lp pointed under this subsection shall not exeood the ~nnulll rate of basic pe.y of level Vol the Exeeut-iv0 $cl1edule pny 1-ates, section 5316, title 5, U11ited Sta~ Code; And prO'IIUUd f,r:r­the?· That the sn.ln.ry of a. reemployed ann11it1m t under the Civil Sorv­ive Rcth:c~meut Act shall be o.cljusted puNnrnnt to the provisions of section 8844, title 51 United States Code.

"(c) T he Director shall l\pl)oint o.nd fix tJ1e compensntian of such secretarial 1Wd clericnl personnol a.s he ma.r. deem nee~n.ry, subject to the provisions of title 51 United States <Jode, govcr nmg appoint­ments b1 competit ive sen•ice anJ the pL·ovisions of chn.ptor H and sub­chaptet· III of chapter 63 of such titJe, rclnting to classilicnt ion and General Schedulo p11.y rntes.

"(d) The Director may procure personal l:iervices 88 authorized by section 8 l09 of title 5, United St.ates Cocll\ nt rntes not to exceed tho daily equivalent of the highest rate payable· under Gencrn.l Scbedulo

.,.!1~.s~~t62456.71 paJ' 1·aL;-~r sect~on 633~, title 5, 1-Jnit ed ~tat.es Code.

Travel .,.p~nh,. (c) l ne Director ts author w.od to mcur necessary t ravel and other · nusoella.neous expenses incident to the operlltio11 of the Center . · "§ 626. Compensation of the Director

HThe compensation of the Director oi t.he Federal Jud icia.1 Ce11t:.or sha.ll be the same l\S that of the Director of the Administl'at.ive Offioo of the United States Courts, and his appoint.rueul 1111d SJtlary shall not. be subjact lo t.he provisions of Lille 5, United States Code, governing appoinl.ments in competitive service, or the provisions o! cbapt.er 61 nnd subcliapter ill of chapter 53 of such tiUe, refa.ling to classifica­tion nnd G-ener1\l Schedule _pay ro.tes : Pro'uided, however , That o.ny Director who jg a justice or 1udge of U1e United S tates in notive or re­tired stntus shall serve without additional compensation. "§ 627. Retirement; employee benefits

"(a) A Director ol tl,e Fedcml Judicial Center who nttCl ins the nge of seven Ly yeitrs shn.ll be ret ired from that office.

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"(b) The Director, the professional sta.ff, and the clerica.l and sccre­tll.rial employees of the Federal Judicial Ceoter shall be deemed co be officers and employees of the judicial brancL of the United States Gov­emment within the meaning of subchapter III of chapter 88 (relating lo civi] .service retirement), chapter 87 (relatin~ t.o Federn.l employees Jife ms,urance program), and chapter ~9 (relatin_g to FedernJ em- 30 5

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"Q.loyoos health benefits program) o! title IS, Umtcd States ·Code: 585 s92 s99,

P1·01Jided, l1,oweve1•, That the Direclo~ upon written not ice filed with ' ' t he Di:recl.or of the Administrative Omce of tho United States Courts within six months aft.er the date on whicli he tnke.s office. may wa.ive coveraie under subchap ter ID of cha.pter 83 of tit le 5, u'nited States Code ~rolating to oi'Vil service retirement ), nnd elect coverage under the retirement and disability provisions of this section: A,1d pt'Ovitud f1trther That upon his non-retirement. separat ion from the Foooral J udicial Cr..nter, sucl1 waiver nnd election shall not op erale to foreclose to the Director such opportunity ns tho lnw ma.y provide to secure civil servioo ~ tirement c1·edit for service 11.s Directo1• by depositing with interest the amount required by section 8334 of title O, United States Code. 110 St at . 569 1

,. . An t1t, p. 214, " ( c) Upon the retirement of a D1rcotor who has elected coverage

\I nder this section and who hos served at least fifteen years and aUuined the a~ of sixty-five years the Dirootor of the Admirustutive Office o! the United States Cou_rts shall pay him an tmnuity for lifo equa.l t o 80 per centum. of thasalo.ry of tho office at the time of his retirernent.

t'Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under this section and who has served at least ten years, bot who is nol eli~ blo to receive an annuity under the first p nTii:gra.ph of this sub­sect ion, tho Admin istrative Office of the Unitod Stnlc-s Courts sha.ll pay him an annuity for life equal to t hat p rol?ortion of 80 per ceutum of the salary of the oflice e.t the time of his retll'ement that the numoor of years of his service bean; to 6-hecn, reduc6() by one-qua.rter of l per centum fqr each full month, if any, he is under . the u.ge of sixty-five 1Lt the tinrn of sepu.ru.tion from service.

u ( d) A Director who b.as elected coverage under this section and who becomes pennanently d isabled t o perform the duties of his office shnll be retired· and shn.IJ 1"6ceive an n.nnuity for: li:fo equal to 80 per oontum of the salary of the office at the time of his retirement i:.l he hns servud at lea.st fifteen ye._'\rs1 or equal to that p roportion of 80 per cent um of such salary that the aggregate number of years of his service bears to fifteen if ho has served less than fifteen years, but in no event lellS than 60 per cent um of such salary.

" ( e) F or the purpose of this section, 'setv1c0' means• service, whether " Servlc e."

or not coutinuous, as Director of the Federnl J udicial Center , a.nd nnr servica, not to exceed five years, as a judge of the United Sto.tes, u Senator or Repl'tl8eutativo in Congress, or 11 owilian official a.p}:>Ointed by the President, by and with the advjoe.and cousent of the Senate. "§ 628. Appropriations and accounting

"'!'here n.re hereby lluthorized to be appropr illted' such RllTOS us may he necess1Lry to ca:rry out tho i,rovisions of tliis chapte1·. 'rl1e Adminis­tmtive Office of tho United States Courts shall provide a.oooanting, disbursing, auditing, and other fiscal services for tbeFedeml Judicial Center. · "§ 629. Organizational provisions

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"(a) T he terms o! offioo of the members first elected to the Board Tor""' or ofl1co .

shall commence on thB thirtieth day after the first meeting of the .Juclicia.J Conference after the date on which this chapter shrLII lake ofl'ect.

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80 Stell. 564.

80 St~t. S69; Ant.,, p . 214 .

•• serv.ic:c . 11

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"(h) T he num1liers first eleded to tlle Boa,rd sh 1tll eontinue in office for terms of one, two, three1 t11ree, und fou r years, r espectively , t l1e term of eR.Ch to be designated by the Judicinl Conference of the United Rt.ates at the time of lliseleotiou.

"(c) Members fast elected to the Board who are designated by the Jnd1cml Conference of the United States to serve terms of office of less than four yenrn slm1l be eligible for reelectjon to one full term of office.'1

TlTLR lI- ADDI'l'lONAL AMENDMENTS TO 'lTfLE 2}!,

UNITED STATES CODE

SEc. 201. (ii ) Chaptet 41 ot title~, Unit ed S tates Code, is nmended by ~\dding t\t the end thereof a new section RS follows: "§ 611. Retirement of Dfrector

"(it ) T he Dfredor may, by written elect.ion filed with the Chief ,Justice of the United States within six months niter the date on which he takes office, waive oovernge under subchapter III ( relating to civil sarvice retirement) of chapter 83, title 5, United States Code, and brini h imself within the purview of this section. Such waive1· and election shnll not operate to foreclose to the D irector, upon separn­tion from service other than b_Y. l'etirement1 such oppo~·tunity n.s the hi w may provide to secnre civil serv ice rehrement credit for service ns Director by depositing with interest the amount required by section 8334 of title~, United States Code. .

"(b} Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected covel'age under this section and who has served at lenst fifteen years and at­tained the age of sixty-five yen.rs ~he Admin istrative Office of the· United States Courts shall pay him an ann uity for life equal to 80 per centum. of the sa.l1iry of the office rit t-he time of his retirement,.

"Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under this section -and who has served at le8.St ten years, but who is not eligible fo receive an rumuity under the first para.graph of this sub­section, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shnll pay him an annu ity for life equcil to thn,t proI_>Ortion of 80 per ce11tu10 of the sall\1-y of the office at the t.ime of h is retirement that the munber of yea.rs of his service bears to fiftoon, reduced by one-qul\rter of 1 per centum fo r each full month, if any, he 1s under the age of sixt.y-nve 1tt the time of separation from service.

" (c) A Director who has elected coverage under this section and who becomes perm1:mently disabled to per form the duties of his office shall be retired and shall receive u.n annuity for life equal to 80 per centuro of the salary of the office at the time of his retirement if he has served at least fifteen years or equnl to that proportion of 80 per centum of such salary that the aggregate number of yen.rs of his· Service bears to fifteen if he has served less t han fifteen years, but in no event. less than 501)er centum of such sala7.

'' ( d) For the purpose of this section, 'service means service, whether or not continuous, as Director of the Admin istrative Office of the United States Courts, and any service, not to exceed five years, ns R

judge of th o United Sta~ a Senator or Representative ii\ Congress, or R. civilian official appointed by the President, by and with the advice nnd consent of the Senate."

(b) The table of contents preceding such chapter is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following 11ew item: "611. Retirement of Director,".

SEC. 202. Section 376, title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new subsections:

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"(r) TI1e Director of Uie Fedornl Judicin.l Center shnlJ he deemed a judgo 0£ the United Stntt,.s for tho purposl!S oi this section and shn.ll he en titled to bring l1in1Self within tho {lttrview of this section by fili ng OD ele.cliou as provided in subsection (a) of I.his section w iLhin the time 70 Suo,. 1021.

therein specified. As a.ppli~d to o. Director of Lhe Federal J udicia) D•flnlt loruo .

CenLer, the phrnsc 'retn-ement from office by 1·esignntion on salary ll!lder sectio11371(~) oft!1istitle1 as used in!iubsections (b)i.(c), (g} , 68

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(1), nn~ (u) of thtS section. sh.-ul mean _'re~mnncnt from otnce under subsection ( c) or ( d) o~ ge.,ction 627 of th 18 title o~·-by rewov~l ~ftor not ""'"· 11•

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Jess tha.n ten yearsson •1ce11 U,e phta.se 'salary pud after rttll'ement' as

used in subsootion {b) of Lbis section shall m&an 'annuity paid after l'etil'omen t u11der subsection ( c) or ( d) of sectio11 627 of this t i tlo', nnd t he phrase I resigns from ofllce othet Chan on salary under .section 871 (a ) of this title' as used in subsection (f) of this section shall mean 'resigns from offic.e oLhenvise than on retirement under sub98Ctio11 (c) or ( d) of ilectioll 627 of this Li t le or is removed nfter less thnn ten y~ns se1·v1ce1

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'' (s) The Director of the Admiuistrative Office of the United States Cotu·1s sbnll be deeined a jndgo of the United States for the purposes of this section and shall lJO entit.lod to bring himself within the p u.r­view of this secti on by fiUug an election ns provided in subsection (a) of tltis section "·ithin the hme therein specified . .A.s applied t.o n D1- ll•nnlllons,

rector of tf10 A<hninistmLi9o Office of the Un ited States Courts, the plu·nse 'retirement from offi ce by 1·esi~n at iou on salnry 1mder section 37l(a) of tbi titlo' ns \tSOd in subse<:t1ons (b) , (c) , (g), (i) , and (n) of tl1is section shall mean ' retirement from office un<lcr section 611 of this titlo or by rnn1.ov11 I af ter not less than ten yeru11 servico', the A"'", P·

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phl'l\se 'safary paid after 1-elitement1 as usod in subseetiou (b) of this section sha.11 mean 1o.rumity faid a.fter ret.irem1mt. under section 611 of this title>, nncl the phra..'!O res-igns frorn office ot:her t lrnn on SJtlary un<l6r sec~ion 371 (!1.) of t his title' as used j n subsection (I) of thi.s sec-riou sb11ll mean 'resigi1s from office otherwise than on retirement ouder section 611 of this title or is removed aftet less thnn ten yen.rs a0rvice'."

SEc. 20!3. ~ ubsecLion (a ) of section AM title 28 Uuited Stntes Code 62 8181• 914

: • d' VV"', l 1 70 Stat. 1026, 1s amended by IUJlen mg:

(a} Pn.rngr1tph (7) to rend as f oJlo,,s : :;(7) Re_gulate nnd pny annuities to widows nncl surviving de­

eenclent ('hiJdren of judges, Directors of the Fedora] JudiciaJ Center, and Directors of the A.clministrntive Office, :.ind neoossary r.rnvel ,111d subsist.encc cxpenSos incurr ed by judges, cour t officers und etnployees, 1rnd oflicers and em.ployees of the Administrative Office, 1111d the Fedeml JudiciJl.l Oeutc1·, whilo absent from their oflic:fo l stn.tious on offi.cin.l business,";

(b) P nragmpb (9), to iusert b«tween l he word "coul'ts" and the word '(and" a comma aod lhe words ''the Federal J udicial QQnter,";

{c) P aragrn~hs ~10) a11d (11), t.o inserL between the word "courts" 11n d ti10 wo rd 'and 1 11. commn. and the wol'ds " the F ederal Judicis.l Center,".

Sxo. 204. The table of contents lo " P a.r t. m.-COURT OFFICERS .A ... 'fD EMPLO-rEES" of tiUe 28, United Stales Code, is amended by inserting after · "41 . .AdlnlnlsLr&Uve Office of the Ool!.ed State:s Coutts ______________ _ 601"

n. uaw chapter reference M follows: ''-i,:?. :hderal Judklal Center _____ _ __________ _______ 620".

S:ro. 205. (a) Excep t as p rovided in so.bsootion (b) , tho amei1dmimt.<J mu.de by th is title, illsofar os ths-y re.la.oo to retirement o.nd smvivor­ship benefit.s of the Director of the Administrat.ive Office ol the United Sta.tes Court.'3, sbaJJ be applicable only wjth rospoot to persons first appoiDtecl to such office after the d1ll.e of enactment. of th is .Act.

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(b) '1.'be 1>rovis ions o1 seotion 611 (a), the fus~_JHLl'llgniph of sec.>tion 611 (1>}, and section 316 (s}, of tiUe. ~8 United ~tat es Code, as adde~ by such ame-ndm00;tSi sl\al~ be a.ppbcafile to a. pu-e.c.tor or- :former Di­rector of the Admm1stra.hve Office of Uie United tates Courts who was first appointed prior to t.he dote of enwment of this Act i.f o.t the time such Director or former DiL1,ictor loft or Jeane suolt office he ha.d, or shaU have, attained the R,ge of sixty-fi.ve years and completed fifteen years of servioo ns Director of the. Adminisb•ativo Ollioo of the United Sta.tes Courts and if, on or before the expiration of six months following Ute data of enactment of this l\j}t, he makes the election referred fo in section 611 ( a) or section 376 ( s) 1 or both, a.s U-1e coai may be..

Approved December 20, 1987.