Ill STAT. 756 PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 "(c)(1) Judicial employees of the District of Columbia courts shall be treated as employees of the Federal Government for purposes of any of the following provisions of title 5, United States Code: "(A) Subchapter 1 of chapter 81 (relating to compensation for work injuries). "(B) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance). "(C) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance). "(2) The employing agency shall make contributions under the provisions referred to paragraph (1) at the same rates applicable to agencies of the Federal Government. "(3) For purposes of section 8706(b) and section 8901(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, benefits paid from the retirement system for judicial employees of the District of Columbia courts or from the system providing benefits to survivors of such employees shall be considered an annuity. "(4) For purposes of section 8901(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code, the retirement system for judicial employees of the District of Columbia courts shall be considered a retirement system for employees of the Crovernment.". (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section 11-1726 to read as follows: "11-1726. Compensation and benefits for court personnel.". (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendments made by this subsection shall apply with respect to all months beginning after the date on which the Director of the Office of Personnel Management issues regulations to carry out section 11-1726, District of Columbia Code (as amended by paragraph (1)). (c) RETIREMENT PERIOD FOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— Section 11- 1703(d), District of Columbia Code, is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: ", except that the Executive Officer (if initially hired after October 1, 1997) shall be eligible for retirement under subchapter III of chapter 15 when the Executive Officer has completed 7 years of service as Executive Officer, whether continuous or not.". Subchapter B—Judicial Retirement Program SEC. 11251. JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS ANNUITY FUND. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND. —Section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code, is simended to read as follows: ^§ 11-1570. The District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund. "(a) There is established in the Treasury a fund known as the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund (hereEifter in this section referred to as the 'Fund'), which shall consist of the following assets: "(1) Amounts deposited by, or deducted and withheld from the salary and retired pay of, a judge under section 1563 or 1567 of this title, which shall be credited to an individual account of the judge. "(2) Amounts transferred from the District of Columbia Judges' Retirement Fund under section 124(c)(1) of the District
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