PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 757 of Columbia Retirement Reform Act, as amended by section 11252 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. "(3) Amounts deposited under subsection (d). "(4) Any return on investment of the assets of the Fund. "(b)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary') shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund. The Secretary may carry out such responsibilities through an agreement with a Trustee or contractor (who may be the Trustee or contractor appointed to carry out responsibilities relating to Federal benefit payments under title I of the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997) and an enrolled actuary (as defined in section 7701(a)(35) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries (who may be the enrolled actuary engaged under such Act). "(2) The chief judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall submit to the President and the Secretary an annual estimate of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the Fund, and such supplemental and deficiency estimates as may be required from time to time for the same purposes, according to law. "(3) The Secretary may cause periodic examinations of the Fund to be made by an enrolled actuary (as defined in section 7701(a)(35) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) who is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. "(c)(1) Amounts in the Fund are available for the payment of judges' retirement pay, annuities, refunds, and allowances under this subchapter. "(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of District law or any other law, rule, or regulation, the Secretary may review benefit determinations under this subchapter made prior to the date of the enactment of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- Government Improvement Act of 1997, and shall make initial benefit determinations after such date. "(d)(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, there shall be deposited in the Fund, not later than the close of each fiscal year (beginning with the first fiscal year which ends more than 6 months after the replacement plan adoption date described in section 103(13) of the National Capital Revitalization and Self- Government Improvement Act of 1997), an amount equal to the sum of— "(A) the normal cost for the year; "(B) the annual amortization amount for the year (which may not be less than zero); and "(C) the covered administrative expenses for the year. "(2) For purposes of this subsection: "(A) The 'original unfunded liability' is the amount that is the present value as of June 30, 1997, of future benefits payable from the Fund (net the sum of future normal cost and plan assets as of such date). "(B) The 'annual amortization amount' is the amount determined by the enrolled actuary to be necessary to amortize in equal annual installments (until fully amortized)— "(i) the original unfunded liability over a 30-year period;
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