28 U.S.C. § 172

Tenure and salaries of judges

(a)

Each judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims shall be appointed for a term of fifteen years.

(b)

Each judge shall receive a salary at the rate of pay, and in the same manner, as judges of the district courts of the United States.

( June 25, 1948, ch. 646 , 62 Stat. 898 ; Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 105(a) , Apr. 2, 1982 , 96 Stat. 27 ; Pub. L. 100–702, title X, § 1023 , Nov. 19, 1988 , 102 Stat. 4673 ; Pub. L. 102–572, title IX, § 902(a)(1) , Oct. 29, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4516 .)