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 114 STAT. 2763A-636 PUBLIC LAW 106-554^APPENDIX G Treasury bills settled before" and inserting 'the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding.". (c) AMENDMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. —Section 995(f)(4) (relating to the interest rate on tax-deferred liability of shareholders of domestic international sales corporations) is amended by striking "the average investment yield of United States Treasury bills with maturities of 52 weeks which were auctioned during the 1-year period" and inserting "the average of the 1-year constant maturity Treasury yields, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the 1-year period". (d) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE. — (1) AMENDMENT TO SECTION I96I.— Section 1961(a) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the interest rate on money judgments in civil cases recovered in Federal district court) is amended by striking "the coupon issue yield equivalent (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) of the average accepted auction price for the last auction of fifty-two week United States Treasury bills settled immediately prior to" and inserting "the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding.". (2) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 25 16.—Section 2516(b) of title 28, United States Code (relating to the interest rate on a judgment against the United States affirmed by the Supreme Court after review on petition of the United States) is amended by striking "the coupon issue yield equivalent (as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury) of the average accepted auction price for the last auction of fifty-two week United States Treasury bills settled immediately before" and inserting "the weekly average 1-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding". SEC. 308. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ERROR. (a) DETERMINATIONS BY OMB. — As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine with respect to each applicable Federal benefit program whether the CPI computation error for 1999 has or will result in a shortfall in payments to beneficiaries under such program (as compared to payments that would have been made if the error had not occurred). As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, but not later than 60 days after such date, the Director shall direct the head of the Federal agency which administers such program to make a payment or payments that, insofar as the Director finds practicable and feasible— (1) are targeted to the amount of the shortfall experienced by individual beneficiaries, and (2) compensate for the shortfall. (b) COORDINATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES. —As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Federal agency that administers an applicable Federal benefit program shall, in accordance with such guidelines as are issued by the Director pursuant to this section, make an initial determination of whether, and the extent to which, the CPI computation error

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