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 PUBLIC LAW 100-702—NOV. 19, 1988

102 STAT. 4673

assigned, to serve temporarily as a judge of any duly constituted court of the freely associated compact states whenever an official duly authorized by the laws of the respective compact state requests such assignment and such assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the respective court. "(b) The Congress consents to the acceptance and retention by any judge so authorized of reimbursement from the countries referred to in subsection (a) of all necessary travel expenses, including transportation, and of subsistence, or of a reasonable per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence. The judge shall report to the Administrative Reports. Office of the United States Courts any amount received pursuant to this subsection."; and (2) amending the table of sections by adding at the end thereof the following: "297. Assignment of judges to courts of the freely associated compact states.". SEC. 1023. SALARIES OF UNITED STATES CLAIMS COURT JUDGES.

Section 172(b) is amended to read as follows: "(b) Each judge shall receive a salary at the rate of pay, and in the same manner, as judges of the district courts of the United States.". Approved November 19, 1988.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4807: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-889, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 134 (1988): Sept. 13, considered and passed House. Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment.

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