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this subsection for the preparation of assessments: Provided further. That the Council may transfer funds authorized by this subsection to river basin commissions and to Federal and State agencies upon such terms and conditions as it determines are necessary and desirable to carry out the above functions in an economical, efficient, and timely manner, and that such commissions and agencies are hereby autnorized to receive and expend such funds pursuant to this subsection." Approved August 20, 1972.

Transfer of funds.

Public Law 92-397 AN ACT To funencl title 2S. United Stares Code, relating to aminities nf widows of Supreme Court Justices.

Be 'it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress aHsembled, That section 375 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: '' (a) The Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts shall pay to the surviving widow of a justice of the United States who died on or before the date of enactment of this section, while in regular active service or after having retired or resigned inider the provisions of this chapter, an annuity of $10,000, "(b) The surviving widow of a justice of the United States who is in regular active service or is retired or resigned under the provisions of this chapter on the date of enactment of this section, shall, if the justice gives written notice to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts within six months of the date of enactment of this section of his election to become subject to the provisions of section 376 of this chapter, be paid an annuity of $5,000 or an annuity in accordance with the provisions of section 376, whichever is the greater. "(c) The surviving widow of a justice of the United States who is in regular active service or is retired or resigned under the provisions of this chapter on the date of enactment of this section, shall, if the justice fails to give timely written notice of his election to become subject to the provisions of section 376 of this chapter, be paid an annuity of $5,000. " (d) The widow of a justice of the United States who is appointed after the date of enactment of this section shall be ineligible for an annuity under this section. "(e) An annuity payable under this section shall accrue monthly and shall be due and payable in monthly installments on the first business day of the month following the month for which the annuity shall have accrued. Such annuity shall commence on the first day of the month in which a justice dies, and shall terminate upon the death or remarriage of the annuitant." SEC. 2. Section 376 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting "justice or" or "justice's or" prior to the word "judge" or "judge's", as appropriate, wherever those words appear therein, except in subsections (q), (r), and (s). SEC. 3. (a) The heading of chapter 17, title 28,1'nited States Code, is amended to read as follows: "Chapter 17.—RESIGNATION AND RETIREMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES". (b) The analysis of chapter 17 of title 28, United States Code, is

August 22, 1972 [S.2854]

Supreme Court Justices. Widows, annuities. 68 Stat. 918; 70 Stat. 1021.

81 Stat. 668; 82 Stat. 662. 28 USC 376.

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