Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Delegation of a Federal Pay Administration Authority

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Sec. 1Statutory Pay Systems#

The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303(a), in accordance with section 647(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, as incorporated in Division A, section 101(h) of Public Law 105-277, are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

(a)The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1;

(b)The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) atSchedule 2; and

(c)The schedules for the Veterans Health Administrationof the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40) at Schedule 3.

Sec. 2Senior Executive Service#

The rates of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service, as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 3Executive Salaries#

The rates of basic pay or salaries for the following offices and positions, which remain unchanged pursuant to section 621 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, as incorporated in Division A, section 101(h) of Public Law 105-277, are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

(a)The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5318) at Schedule 5;

(b)The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 31) at Schedule 6; and

(c)Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a)) at Schedule 7.

Sec. 4Uniformed Services#

Pursuant to sections 601 and 604 of Public Law 105-85, the rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed services and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 5Locality-Based Comparability Payments#

(a)Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and in accordance with section 647(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, as incorporated in Division A, section 101(h) of Public Law 105-277, locality-based comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

(b)The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement these payments and to publish appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal Register.

Sec. 6Effective Dates#

Schedule 8 is effective on January 1, 1999. The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1999.

Sec. 7Prior Order Superseded#

Executive Order 13071 of December 29, 1997, is superseded.

Sec. 8Delegation of a Federal Pay Administration Authority#

Executive Order 12748, as amended, is further amended in section 2(c) by deleting “5304(h)” and inserting “5304(g)-(h)” in lieu thereof.