Sec. 553. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
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Notwithstanding section 942(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code (article 142(b)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)— the term of Judge Scott W. Stucky as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces shall expire on July 31, 2022; and the term of Judge Margaret A. Ryan as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces shall expire on July 31, 2020. No person mentioned in paragraph (1), and no survivor of any such person, shall be deprived of any annuity provided by section 945 of title 10, United States Code (article 145 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), or under the applicable provisions of title 5, United States Code, by reason of that paragraph.
Section 942(e)(2) of such title (article 142(e)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended by striking equal to and all that follows and inserting “equal to the difference between— the daily equivalent of the annual rate of pay provided for a judge of the court; and the daily equivalent of the annuity of the judge under section 945 of this title (article 145), the applicable provisions of title 5, or any other retirement system for employees of the Federal Government under which the senior judge receives an annuity. .
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(c)of section 936 of such title (article 136 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended to read as follows: Each judge and senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces shall have the powers relating to oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments provided to justices and judges of the United States by section 459 of title 28. . Section 942(b)(3) of such title (article 142(b)(3) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended by striking Not more than three of the judges of the court may be appointed from the same political party, and no and by inserting No . Section 945 of such title (article 145 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) is amended— in subsection (d), by striking subsection (g)(1)(B) and inserting subsection (f)(1)(B) ; by striking subsection (f); and by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and
(i)as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively.