Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
Signed December 29, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 68521
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Sets new rates of basic pay and salaries for federal employees under various statutory pay systems, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and schedules for the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, Congress, federal judges, and members of the uniformed services. Also establishes locality-based pay adjustments and directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement these payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. The military pay schedule takes effect January 1, 1998, while the other schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13033 of December 27, 1996. Detailed pay figures are contained in schedules attached to the order.
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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
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Supersedes: EO 13033, December 27, 1996 Superseded by: EO 13106, December 7, 1998
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13071 of December 29, 1997
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(b), 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
102-40) at Schedule 3.
Sec. 2. Senior 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. 3. Executive 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. 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. 4. Uniformed 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. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a)
Pursuant to sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United
States Code, 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. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective on
January 1, 1998. The other schedules contained herein
are effective on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1998.
Sec. 7. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13033
of December 27, 1996, is superseded.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 29, 1997.
(Presidential Sig.)Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 29, 1997. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.