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28 U.S.C. § 611 — Retirement of Director
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**(a)** The Director may, by written election filed with the Chief Justice of the United States within 6 months after the date on which he takes office, waive coverage under chapter 83 of title 5, subchapter III (the Civil Service Retirement System) or chapter 84 of title 5 (the Federal Employees’ Retirement System), whichever is applicable, and bring himself within the purview of this section. A Director who elects coverage under this section shall be deemed an “employee” for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, subchapter III, regardless of whether he has waived the coverage of chapter 83, subchapter III, or chapter 84. Waiver of coverage under chapter 83, subchapter III, and election of this section shall not operate to foreclose to the Director, upon separation from service other than by retirement, such opportunity as the law may provide to secure retirement credit under chapter 83 for service as Director by depositing with interest the amount required by [section 8334 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334&num=0&edition=prelim). A Director who waives coverage under chapter 84 and elects this section may secure retirement credit under chapter 84 for service as Director by depositing with interest 1.3 percent of basic pay for service from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1986, and the amount referred to in [section 8422(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8422/a&num=0&edition=prelim), for service after December 31, 1986. Interest shall be computed under [section 8334(e) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under
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**(a)** The Director may, by written election filed with the Chief Justice of the United States within 6 months after the date on which he takes office, waive coverage under chapter 83 of title 5, subchapter III (the Civil Service Retirement System) or chapter 84 of title 5 (the Federal Employees’ Retirement System), whichever is applicable, and bring himself within the purview of this section. A Director who elects coverage under this section shall be deemed an “employee” for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, subchapter III, regardless of whether he has waived the coverage of chapter 83, subchapter III, or chapter 84. Waiver of coverage under chapter 83, subchapter III, and election of this section shall not operate to foreclose to the Director, upon separation from service other than by retirement, such opportunity as the law may provide to secure retirement credit under chapter 83 for service as Director by depositing with interest the amount required by [section 8334 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334&num=0&edition=prelim). A Director who waives coverage under chapter 84 and elects this section may secure retirement credit under chapter 84 for service as Director by depositing with interest 1.3 percent of basic pay for service from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1986, and the amount referred to in [section 8422(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8422/a&num=0&edition=prelim), for service after December 31, 1986. Interest shall be computed under [section 8334(e) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under this section and who has at least fifteen years of service and has attained the age of sixty-five years the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay him an annuity for life equal to 80 per centum of the salary of the office at the time of his retirement.Upon the retirement of a Director who has elected coverage under this section and who has at least ten years of service, but who is not eligible to receive an annuity under the first paragraph of this subsection, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay him an annuity for life equal to that proportion of 80 per centum of the salary of the office at the time of his retirement that the number of years of his service bears to fifteen, reduced by one-quarter of 1 per centum for each full month, if any, he is under the age of sixty-five at the time of separation from service.
**(c)** A Director who has elected coverage under this section and who becomes permanently disabled to perform the duties of his office shall be retired and shall receive an annuity for life equal to 80 per centum of the salary of the office at the time of his retirement if he has at least fifteen years of service, or equal to that proportion of 80 percentum of such salary that the aggregate number of years of his service bears to fifteen if he has less than fifteen years of service, but in no event less than 50 per centum of such salary.
**(d)** For the purpose of this section, “service” means service, whether or not continuous, as Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and any service, not to exceed five years, as a judge of the United States, a Senator or Representative in Congress, a congressional employee in the capacity of primary administrative assistant to a Member of Congress or in the capacity of staff director or chief counsel for the majority or the minority of a committee or subcommittee of the Senate or House of Representatives, or a civilian official appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(e)** Each annuity payable under this section shall be increased by the same percentage amount and effective on the same date as annuities payable under chapter 83 of title 5, are increased as provided by [section 8340 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8340&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)**
(1)
(A) The employing agency shall deduct and withhold from the basic pay of an employee, Member, Congressional employee, law enforcement officer, firefighter, bankruptcy judge, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States magistrate,11 So in original. Probably should be “United States magistrate judge,”. Court of Federal Claims judge, member of the Capitol Police, member of the Supreme Court Police, nuclear materials courier, or customs and border protection officer, as the case may be, the percentage of basic pay applicable under subsection (c).
(B)
(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), an equal amount shall be contributed from the appropriation or fund used to pay the employee or, in the case of an elected official, from an appropriation or fund available for payment of other salaries of the same office or establishment. When an employee in the legislative branch is paid by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives the contribution that otherwise would be contributed from the appropriation or fund used to pay the employee.
(ii) In the case of an employee of the United States Postal Service, no amount shall be contributed under this subparagraph.
(2) The amounts so deducted and withheld, together with the amounts so contributed, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Fund under such procedures as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. Deposits made by an employee or Member also shall be credited to the Fund.
**(b)** Each employee or Member is deemed to consent and agree to these deductions from basic pay. Notwithstanding any law or regulat
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**(a)** The Director, Deputy Director, the professional staff, and the clerical and secretarial employees of the Federal Judicial Center shall be deemed to be officers and employees of the judicial branch of the United States Government within the meaning of subchapter III of chapter 83 (relating to civil service retirement), chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System), chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees’ life insurance program), and chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees’ health benefits program) of title 5, United States Code: Provided, however, That the Director, upon written notice filed with the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts within 6 months after the date on which he takes office, may waive coverage under chapter 83 of title 5, subchapter III (the Civil Service Retirement System) or chapter 84 of title 5 (the Federal Employees’ Retirement System), whichever is applicable, and elect coverage under the retirement and disability provisions of this section. A Director who elects coverage under this section shall be deemed an “employee” for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, subchapter III, regardless of whether he has waived the coverage of chapter 83, subchapter III, or chapter 84: And provided further, That upon his nonretirement separation from the Federal Judicial Center, waiver of coverage under chapter 83, subchapter III, and election of this section shall not operate to foreclose to the Director such opportunity as the law may provide to secure retirement credit under chapter 83 for service as Director by depositing with interest the amount required by [section 8334 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8334&num=0&edition=prelim). A Director who w
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**(a)** For the purpose of this section—
(1) the term “base quarter”, as used with respect to a year, means the calendar quarter ending on September 30, of such year; and
(2) the price index for a base quarter is the arithmetical mean of such index for the 3 months comprising such quarter.
**(b)** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, effective December 1 of each year, each annuity payable from the Fund having a commencing date not later than such December 1 shall be increased by the percent change in the price index for the base quarter of such year over the price index for the base quarter of the preceding year in which an adjustment under this subsection was made, adjusted to the nearest ⅒ of 1 percent.
**(c)** Eligibility for an annuity increase under this section is governed by the commencing date of each annuity payable from the Fund as of the effective date of an increase, except as follows:
(1) The first increase (if any) made under subsection (b) of this section to an annuity which is payable from the Fund to an employee or Member who retires, to the widow, widower, or former spouse,11 So in original. The comma probably should not appear. of a deceased employee or Member, or to the widow, widower, former spouse, or insurable interest designee of a deceased annuitant whose annuity has not been increased under this subsection or subsection (b) of this section, shall be equal to the product (adjusted to the nearest ⅒ of 1 percent) of—
(A) 1⁄12 of the applicable percent change computed under subsection (b) of this section, multiplied by
(B) the number of months (not to exceed 12 months, counting any portion of a month as a month)—
(i) for which the annuity was payable from the Fund before the effective date of the increase, or
(
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**(a)** For the purposes of this section—
(1) “judicial official” means:
(A) a Justice or judge of the United States, as defined by [section 451 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section451&num=0&edition=prelim);
(B) a judge of the District Court of Guam, the District Court of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands;
(C) a Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, after he or she has filed a waiver under subsection (a) of [section 611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section611&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) a Director of the Federal Judicial Center, after he or she has filed a waiver under subsection (a) of [section 627 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section627&num=0&edition=prelim);
(E) a Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States, after he or she has filed a waiver in accordance with both subsection (a) of section 677 and subsection (a) of [section 611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section611&num=0&edition=prelim);
(F) a full-time bankruptcy judge or a full-time United States magistrate judge; or
(G) a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims;
who notifies the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in writing of his or her intention to come within the purview of this section within six months after (i) the date upon which he or she takes office, (ii) the date upon which he or she marries, (iii) January 1, 1977, (iv) October 1, 1986, (v) the date of the enactment of the Retirement and Survivors’ Annuities for Bankruptcy Judges and Magistrate
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**(a)** The Chief Justice of the United States may appoint a Counselor who shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Chief Justice. The salary payable to the Counselor shall be fixed by the Chief Justice at a rate which shall not exceed the salary payable to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The Counselor may elect to bring himself within the same retirement program available to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, as provided by [section 611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section611&num=0&edition=prelim), by filing a written election with the Chief Justice within the time and in the manner prescribed by section 611.
**(b)** The Counselor, with the approval of the Chief Justice, may appoint and fix the compensation of necessary employees. The Counselor and his employees shall be deemed employees of the Supreme Court.
**(c)**
(1) Notwithstanding [section 1342 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1342&num=0&edition=prelim), the Counselor, with the approval of the Chief Justice, may accept voluntary personal services to assist with public and visitor programs.
(2) No person may volunteer personal services under this subsection unless the person has first agreed, in writing, to waive any claim against the United States arising out of or in connection with such services, other than a claim under chapter 81 of title 5.
(3) No person volunteering personal services under this subsection shall be considered an employee of the United States for any purpose other than for purposes of—
(A) chapter 81 of title 5; or
(B) chapter 17
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TITLE 28—JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
§ 610
This section contains the last clause of section 446(1)
of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.
A similar provision with respect to the Attorney Gen-
eral’s authority over United States attorneys and their
assistants, and United States marshals and their depu-
ties was omitted as unnecessary since there is nothing
in this chapter that could affect such authority of the
Attorney General.
For other provisions of section 446 of title 28, U.S.C.,
1940 ed., see section 604 of this title.
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
§ 610. Courts defined
As used in this chapter the word ‘‘courts’’ in-
cludes the courts of appeals and district courts
of the United States, the United States District
Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the
District Court of Guam, the District Court of
the Virgin Islands, the United States Court of
Federal Claims, and the Court of International
Trade.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 915; Oct. 31, 1951,
ch. 655, § 44, 65 Stat. 725; Pub. L. 85–508, § 12(e),
July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 348; Pub. L. 95–598, title II,
§ 226, Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2665; Pub. L. 96–417,
title V, § 501(15), Oct. 10, 1980, 94 Stat. 1742; Pub.
L. 97–164, title I, § 120(a), Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 33;
Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(b)(1), Oct. 29, 1992,
106 Stat. 4516.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 450 (Mar. 3, 1911,
ch. 231, § 308, as added Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 501, § 1, 53 Stat.
1223).
Words ‘‘and the United States Court for China’’ were
omitted. See reviser’s note under section 411 of this
title.
Provisions making this chapter and sections 332 and
333 of this title expressly applicable to the Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia were omitted as
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