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 PUBLIC LAW 97-164—APR. 2, 1982

96 STAT. 51

Court under subsection (a) of this section shall expire fifteen years Salary. after the date of his or her employment with the United States Court of Claims, or on October 1, 1986, whichever occurs earlier. Any such judge shall continue in office until a successor is sworn or until reappointed. No such individual shall serve as a judge after reaching the age of seventy years. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 172(b) of title 28, United States Code, as amended by this Act, until such time as a change in the salary rate of a judge of the United States Claims Court occurs in accordance with such section 172(b), the salary of such judge shall be equal to the salary of a Commissioner of the Court of Claims. APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES BY THE PRESIDENT

SEC. 168. The Congress— (1) takes notice of the fact that the quality of the Federal judiciary is determined by the competence and experience of its judges; and (2) suggests that the President, in nominating individuals to judgeships on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Claims Court, select from a broad range of qualified individuals.

28 USC 44 note.

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY LEGAL REPRESENTATION

SEC. 169. Nothing in this Act affects the authority of the Tennes- 28 USC 171 note, see Valley Authority under the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to represent itself by attorneys of its choosing. 16 USC 831. TITLE II—GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL COURTS PART A—CHIEF JUDGE TENURE APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF CHIEF JUDGES OF THE COURTS OF APPEALS

SEC. 201. (a) Section 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a)(1) The chief judge of the circuit shall be the circuit judge in regular active service who is senior in commission of those judges who— "(A) are sixty-four years of age or under; "(B) have served for one year or more as a circuit judge; and "(C) have not served previously as chief judge. "(2)(A) In any case in which no circuit judge meets the qualifications of paragraph (1), the youngest circuit judge in regular active service who is sixty-five years of age or over and who has served as circuit judge for one year or more shall act as the chief judge. "(B) In any case under subparagraph (A) in which there is no circuit judge in regular active service who has served as a circuit judge for one year or more, the circuit judge in regular active service who is senior in commission and who has not served previously as chief judge shall act as the chief judge. "(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the chief judge of the circuit appointed under paragraph (1) shall serve for a term of

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