21 the United States Courts who has filed a waiver under section 611 (a) of title 28; or "(D) a Director of the Federal Judicial Center who has filed a waiver under section 627 (b) of title 28; and “(2) ‘retirement salary' means, in the case of— "(A) a Justice or judge of the United States, as defined by section 451 of title 28, salary paid (i) after retirement from regular active service under section 371 (b) or 372 (a) of that title or (ii) after retirement from office by resignation on salary under section 371 (a) of that title; "(B) a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone, the District Court of Guam, or the District Court of the Virgin Islands, salary paid after retirement from office by resignation on salary under section 373 of title 28 or by removal or failure of reap pointment after not less than 10 years judicial service; "(C) a Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, an annuity paid under sub section (b) or (c) of section 611 of title 28; and 1 2 3 4 22 "(D) a Director of the Federal Judicial Cen ter, an annuity paid under subsection (c) or (d) of section 627 of title 28. "(b) Survivors of judicial officials are entitled to the 5 same benefits under this subchapter as survivors of Mem6 bers. For the purpose of this subsection, service as a judicial 7 official shall be credited in the same manner as Member 8 service, and the pertinent provisions of section 8331, 8332, 9 8333, 8334, 8339-8342, and 8345-8348 of this title are 10 applicable to a judicial official and his survivors to the same 11 extent as such provisions are applicable to a Member and the 12 survivors of a Member, except that "(1) service as a judicial official includes any period for which the judicial official is paid retirement salary, except a judge resigned on salary under section 371 (a) or 373 of title 28, United States Code; "(2) in lieu of amounts required to be deducted, contributed, or deposited under section 8334 of this title, (A) the amount to be deducted under section 8334 (a) of this title is 3 per centum of the salary, including retirement salary, of the judicial official, and a like amount shall be contributed from the appropriation or fund available for the payment of the salary of the official, and (B) the amount of any deposit referred to in sections 8334 (c) and (d) of this title is 3 per 23 centum of the salary, including retirement salary with interest, received for the service covered by the deposit; and "(3) the lump-sum credit shall be paid to a judicial official who leaves office before becoming eligible to receive retirement salary; "(4) a judicial official as defined by section 8341A (a) (1) (B) who is separated after not less than ten years of service may either (i) be paid a lump-sum credit or (ii) leave his money in the fund in which case if he dies before having become eligible for payment of retirement salary his survivor is entitled to the benefits provided under section 8341 (b)-(f); "(5) interest on deductions and deposits under section 8331 (8) (C) shall be compounded annually after December 31, 1947, at 3 per centum a year through the last day of the calendar year in which this section is enacted; "(6) any balance not applied as prescribed in section 8342 (h) shall be refunded rather than deemed a voluntary contribution; "(7) designations of beneficiary under section 8342 (c) shall be filed with the Director of the Admin istrative Office of the United States Courts; "(8) determinations of persons responsible for care 52-459 O-71-4 24 1 of a claimant under section 8345 (e) shall be made by 2 3 4 the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. "(c) Nothing contained in this section shall be con5 strued to prevent a widow eligible therefor from simul6 taneously receiving an annuity under this section and any 7 annuity to which she would otherwise be entitled under 8 9 any other law without regard to this section, but in com puting such other annuity, service used in the computation 10 of her annuity under this section shall not be credited. 11 12 "(d) Notwithstanding section 8347 (a)-(k) of this title, the Director of the Administrative Office of the United 13 States Courts shall administer this subchapter insofar as it applies to judicial officials and their survivors, except that 14 15 "(1) deposits, withholdings, deductions, and contributions shall be received and administered in accordance with section 8348 of this title; "(2) actuarial duties shall be performed in accordance with section 8347 (f) of this title; and "(3) authorizations, disbursements of lump-sum credits, and annuities shall be made by the Civil Service Commission out of the fund on certification by the Di rector of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.". 1 25 "(e) Subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United 2 States Code, is further amended by adding after item 8341 3 of the analysis of such subchapter the following new item: 4 10 "8341A. Annuities for survivors of judicial officials.". TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND RECORDS 5 SEC. 302. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall 6 transfer all assets credited to the judicial survivors annuity 7 fund under section 376 of title 28, United States Code, to the 8 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, and the ju9 dicial survivor annuity fund shall thereupon be abolished. (b) The Director of the Administrative Office of the 11 United States Courts and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 12 transfer to the Civil Service Commission any records, ac13 counts, papers, or other matter which the Commission deems 14 necessary to carry out the functions imposed upon it by this 15 title. 16 17 APPLICABILITY SEC. 303. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 18 section 301 of this title shall not apply in the case of an19 nuities which became payable under section 375 or 376 of 20 title 28, United States Code, prior to the effective date of 21 this title, and such annuities shall continue in the same man22 ner and to the same extent as if section 301 of this title had 23 not been enacted. 24 (b) On and after the effective date of this title, an |