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Executive Order Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
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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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