Executive Order 13106

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                             THE WHITE HOUSE

                      Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release                                   December 7, 1998



                         EXECUTIVE ORDER 13106

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                  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:

     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), 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) 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, 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. 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
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. 6.  Effective 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. 7.  Prior Order Superseded.  Executive Order 13071 of December
29, 1997, is superseded.

     Sec. 8.  Delegation 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.


                              WILLIAM J. CLINTON



                              THE WHITE HOUSE,
                              December 7, 1998.


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