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 specified period of time before his or her survivors become eligible for benefits under the Act.

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 16 September 1988

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 September 1988

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 September 1988

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 September 1988

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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