A bill to repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

S.1344 through Congress

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SenateOct 19, 1995IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.2701 To repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Oct 19, 1995

Repeals a Federal provision limiting salary increases for Federal judges or Supreme Court Justices to those specifically authorized by Act of Congress. Amends the Federal judicial code to make the cost of living adjustments in judicial salaries effective in the first pay period beginning on or after January 1 each year (currently, such adjustments are triggered by General Schedule adjustments).

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Who introduced it

Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] · D–AL

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Judiciary Committee

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Oct 19, 1995
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Oct 19, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15346-15347)
Oct 19, 1995
Introduced in Senate

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HR 2701 · To repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1344

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Discuss S.1344, 104th Congress: A bill to repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1344

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1995-10-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/s1344/BILLS-104s1344is.htm

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Discuss S.1344, 104th Congress: A bill to repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1344

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1995-10-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/s1344/BILLS-104s1344is.htm

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Discuss S.1344, 104th Congress: A bill to repeal the requirement relating to specific statutory authorization for increases in judicial salaries, to provide for automatic annual increases for judicial salaries, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/senate-bill/1344

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 1995-10-19.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/104/bills/s1344/BILLS-104s1344is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-08-10T11:54:11Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine S.1344 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.