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106 STAT. 4508 PUBLIC LAW 102-572—OCT. 29, 1992 "(a) The Chief Justice of the United States may, in the public interest, designate and assign temporarily any circuit judge to act as circuit judge in another circuit upon request by the chief judge or circuit justice of such circuit.". TITLE II-^JUDICIAL SURVIVORS' ANNUITIES IMPROVEMENTS Retirement SEC. 201. JUDICIAL SURVIVORS'ANNUITIES AMENDMENTS. (a) ELECTION. —Section 376(a)(l) of title 28, United States Code, is amended in the matter following subparagraph (G)— (1) by striking "or" at the end of clause (v); and (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end of clause (vi) ", or (vii) the date of the enactment of the Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992". (b) CONTRIBUTIONS. —Section 376(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(b)"; (2) in the first sentence by striking "including any 'retirement salary*, a sum equal to 5 percent of that salary." and inserting "a sum equal to 2.2 percent of that salary, and a sum equal to 3.5 percent of his or her retirement salary. The deduction from any retirement salary— "(A) of a justice or judge of the United States retired from regular active service who is described in section 371(b)(1) of this title, "(B) of a justice or judge of the United States retired under section 372(a) of this title who is willing and able to perform judicial duties in accordance with section 294 of this title, "(C) of a judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims retired under section 178(a) or (b) of this title who meets the requirements of section 178(d) of this title, or "(D) of a judicial official on recall under section 155(b), 797, 373(c)(4), 375, or 636(h) of this title, shall be an amount equal to 2.2 percent of retirement salary."; (3) by redesignating all that follows the first sentence (as amended by paragraph (2) of this subsection) as paragraph (3) and inserting before such paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: "(2) A judicial official who is not entitled to receive an immediate retirement salary upon leaving office but who is eligible to receive a deferred retirement salary on a later date shall file, within 90 days before leaving office, a written notification of his or her intention to remain within the purview of this section under such conditions and procedures as may be determined by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Every judicial official who files a written notification in accordance with this paragraph shall be deemed to consent to contribute, during the period before such a judicial official begins to receive his or her retirement salary, a sum equal to 3.5 percent of the deferred retirement salary which that judicial official is entitled to receive. Any judicial official who fails to file a written notification under this paragraph shall be deemed to have revoked his or her election under subsection (a) of this section."; and