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S. 293

A bill to amend the Judicial Survivors' Annuity Act to eliminate the requirement that a Federal justice or judge, who is assassinated, must serve a specific period of time before his or her survivors become eligible for benefits under this Act.

Amends the Federal judicial code with respect to survivors' annuities to waive the 18-month length of service requirement in cases where a Federal judicial official is assassinated before completion of the vesting period.

Applies this waiver retroactively to include any assassination on or after May 1, 1988.

Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY](R-NY)Sponsor
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  1. Committee

    Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

    Judiciary Committee
  2. Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 926.

  3. Committee

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment. Without written report.

    Judiciary Committee
  4. Committee14000

    Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden without amendment. Without written report.

    Judiciary Committee
  5. Committee

    Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice. Approved for full committee consideration without amendment without recommendation.

    Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
  6. Committee

    Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.

    Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
  7. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Judiciary Committee
  8. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate