THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release December 23, 2009
EXECUTIVE ORDER
ADJUSTMENTS OF CERTAIN RATES OF PAY
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:
Section 1. Statutory 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 and section 744 of Division C of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117, December 16, 2009),
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) at Schedule 2; and
(c) The schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the
Department
of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public
Law
10240) at Schedule 3.
Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates of basic pay
for
senior executives in the Senior Executive Service, as established
pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and
made a
part hereof.
Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. The
rates of
basic pay or salaries for the following offices and positions are
set forth
on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof: (a) The
Executive
Schedule (5 U.S.C. 53125318) 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), and section 140 of Public Law 9792) at
Schedule 7.
Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. The rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C.
203(a)) for members of the uniformed services, as adjusted under 37
U.S.C.
1009, and section 601 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal
Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84, October 28, 2009), 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. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a) Pursuant to
section
5304 of title 5, United States Code, and section 744 of Division C
of the
Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111-117, December 16, 2009),
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. 6. Administrative Law Judges. The rates of basic pay for
administrative law judges, as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5372(b)(4),
are set
forth on Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2010.
The other
schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the
first
applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2010.
Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13483 of December
18, 2008,
is superseded.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 23, 2009.