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28 U.S.C. 178: Retirement of judges of the Court of Federal Claims

Created in 1990 by Public Law 101-650. Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

7 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 5 U.S.C. 8334, 5 U.S.C. 8402, 5 U.S.C. 8440c, 28 U.S.C. 179, 28 U.S.C. 376.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–572 substituted "United States Court of Federal Claims" for "United States Claims Court" in subsec. (a) and "Court of Federal Claims" for "Claims Court" in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–198, §7(a)(1), inserted "(except for subchapters III and VII)" after "chapter 84". · (f)
    • Pub. L. 102–40 substituted "section 7296 of title 38" for "section 4096 of title 38". · (f)
    • Pub. L. 102–198, §7(a)(2)(A), substituted "paragraph (4)" for "paragraph (2)" and "engages in any such activity" for "so practices law". · (j)
    • Pub. L. 102–198, §7(a)(2)(B), substituted "Subject to paragraph (4), if" for "If". · (j)
    • Pub. L. 102–198, §7(a)(2)(C), inserted "for" after "(other than". · (j)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.