For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 30, 2004
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(a), 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 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. 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),
section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and section 306 of Division B of
Public Law 108-447) at Schedule 7.
Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. Pursuant to section 601(a)-(b) of
Public Law 108-375, 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 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 640 of
Division H of Public Law 108-447, 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 on January 1,
2005. The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1,
2005.
Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13332 of March 3,
2004, is superseded.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 30, 2004.
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