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113 STAT. 1322 PUBLIC LAW 106-97—NOV. 12, 1999 Nov. 12, 1999 [H.R. 915] Public Law 106-97 106th Congress An Act To authorize a cost of living adjustment in the pay of administrative law judges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1, PAY OF ADlVflNISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES. Section 5372(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting "(A)" after "(1)" and by striking all after the first sentence and inserting the following: "(B) Within level AL-3, there shall be 6 rates of basic pay, designated as AL-3, rates A through F, respectively. Level AL- 2 and level AL-1 shall each have 1 rate of basic pay. "(C) The rate of basic pay for AL-3, rate A, may not be less than 65 percent of the rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule, and the rate of basic pay for AL-1 may not exceed the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule."; (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking "upon" each time it appears and inserting "at the beginning of the next pay period following"; and (3) by adding at the end the following: Effective date. "(4) Subject to paragraph (1), effective at the beginning of President. the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the first day of the month in which an adjustment t^es effect under section 5303 in the rates of basic pay under the General Schedule, each rate of basic pay for administrative law judges shall be adjusted by an amount determined by the President to be appropriate.". Approved November 12, 1999. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 915: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-387 (Comm. on Government Reform). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): Oct. 25, considered and passed House. Nov. 8, considered and passed Senate.