106 STAT. 4510 PUBLIC LAW 102-572—OCT. 29, 1992 • (h) TERMINATION.— Section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of that section the following new subsection: "(v) Subject to the terms of a decree, court order, or agreement described in subsection (t)(l), if any judicial official ceases to be married after making the election under subsection (a), he or she may revoke such election in writing by notifying the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The judicial official shall also notify any spouse or former spouse of the application for revocation in accordance with such requirements as the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall by regulation prescribe. The Director may provide under such regulations that the notification requirement may be waived with respect to a spouse or former spouse if the judicial official establishes to the satisfaction of the Director that the whereabouts of such spouse or former spouse cannot be determined.". (i) ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRIBUTION RATE. —Section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of that section the following new subsection: "(w) The Comptroller General of the United States shall, at the end of each 3-fiscal year period, determine whether the contributions by judicial officials under subsection (b) during that 3-year period accounted for 50 percent of the costs of the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund and if not, then what adjustments in the contribution rates under subsection (b) should be made to Reports. achieve that 50 percent figure. The Comptroller General shall report the results of each determination under this subsection to the Congress.". 28 USC 376 (j) CREDIT FOR PRIOR CONTRIBUTIONS AT HIGHER RATE. — Not- ^°^- withstanding any other provision of law, the contribution under section 376(b)(1) or (2) of title 28, United States Code (as amended by this section), of any judicial official who is within the purview of such section 376 on the effective date of this title shall be reduced by 0.5 percent for a period of time equal to the number of years of service for which the judicial official has made contributions or deposits before the enactment of this Act to the credit of the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund or for 18 months, whichever is less, if such contributions or deposits were never returned to the judicial official. For purposes of this subsection, the term "years" shall mean full years and twelfth parts thereof. 28 USC 376 (k) REDEPOSIT OF PRIOR CONTRIBUTIONS. —Any judicial official "<>*«• as defined in section 376(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, who makes an election under section 376(b) of title 28, United States Code, may make a redeposit, as required by section 7 of Public Law 94-554 and section 2(c)(2) of Public Law 99-336, to the credit of the Judicial Survivors' Annuities Fund in installments, in such amounts and under such conditions as may be determined in each instance by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. If a judicial official elects to make a redeposit in installments— (1) the Director shall require that the first installment payment made shall be in an amount no smaller than the last 18 months of salary deductions or deposits previously returned to that judicial official in a lump-sum payment; and (2) the election under section 376(b) of title 28, United States Code, shall be effective upon payment of the first such installment. . . , •;>.
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