EXECUTIVE
ORDER
EO 13144
Effective Date: December 21, 1999

Responsible Office: Office of Human Resources and Education
Subject: 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), in accordance with section 646(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-58, 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 section 601(a)-(b) of Public Law 106-65, 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 646(a) of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-58, 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, 2000.  The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2000.

Sec. 8.  Prior Order Superseded.  Sections 1 through 7 of Executive Order 13106 of December 7, 1998, are superseded.


                                         /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 21, 1999.



SCHEDULE 1--GENERAL SCHEDULE

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

(See Original for table)


SCHEDULE 2--FOREIGN SERVICE SCHEDULE.

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

(See Original for table)


SCHEDULE 3--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

Schedule for the office of the Under Secretary for Health
(38 U.S.C. 7306)*

Deputy Under Secretary for Health       $131,811**
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health     126,250***
Assistant Under Secretaries for Health  122,529***

        Minimum Maximum
Medical Directors       $104,542        $118,484***
Service Directors       91,028  113,050
Director, National Center
        for Preventive Health   77,614  113,050

Physician and Dentist Schedule

Director Grade  $91, 028        $113,050
Executive Grade 84,055  107,125
Chief Grade     77,614  100,897
Senior Grade    65,983  85,774
Intermediate Grade      55,837  72,586
Full Grade      46,955  61,040
Associate Grade 39,178  50,932
_____________________________

*       This schedule does not apply to the Assistant Under Secretary for Nursing Programs or the Director of Nursing Services.  Pay for these positions is set by the Under Secretary for Health under 38 U.S.C. 7451.

**      Pursuant to section 7404(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, the rate of basic pay payable to this employee is limited to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which is $122,400.

***     Pursuant to section 7404(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code, the rate of basic pay payable to these employees is limited to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule, which is $114,500.

****    Pursuant to section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40, these positions are paid according to the Nurse Schedule in 38 U.S.C. 4107(b) as in effect on August 14, 1990, with subsequent adjustments.


SCHEDULE 3--VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULES
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS (Continued)

Clinical Podiatrist and Optometrist Schedule

Chief   $77,614 $100,897
Senior Grade    65,983  85,774
Intermediate Grade      55,837  72,586
Full Grade      46,955  61,040
Associate Grade 39,178  50,932

Physician Assistant and Expanded-Function
Dental Auxiliary Schedule ****

Director Grade  $77,614 $100,897
Assistant Director Grade        65,983  85,774
Chief Grade     55,837  72,586
Senior Grade    46,955  61,040
Intermediate Grade      39,178  50,932
Full Grade      32,380  42,091
Associate Grade 27,864  36,225
Junior Grade    23,820  30,966

SCHEDULE 4--SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

ES-1    $106,200
ES-2    111,200
ES-3    116,300
ES-4    122,200
ES-5    122,400
ES-6    122,400

SCHEDULE 5--EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

level  I        $157,000
level  II       141,300
level  III      130,200
level  IV       122,400
level  V        114,500

SCHEDULE 6--VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

Vice President  $181,400
Senators        141,300 
Members of the House of Representatives 141,300
Delegates to the House of Representatives       141,300
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico  141,300
President pro tempore of the Senate     157,000
Majority leader and minority leader of the Senate       157,000
Majority leader and minority leader of the House        
        of Representatives      157,000
Speaker of the House of Representatives 181,400

SCHEDULE 7--JUDICIAL SALARIES

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

Chief Justice of the United States      $181,400
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court 173,600
Circuit Judges  149,900
District Judges 141,300
Judges of the Court of International Trade      141,300


SCHEDULES 8-PAY OF THE UNIFORM&D SERVICES
(Effective on January 1, 2000)



Part I-MONTHLY BASIC PAY

YEARS OF SERVICE (COMPUTED UNDER 37 U.S.C. 205)
(See Original for table)

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WITH OVER 4 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE
AS AN ENLISTED MEMBER OR WARRANT OFFICER

(See Original for table)



SCHEDULE 8-PAY OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES  (PAGE 2)

YEARS OF SERVICE (COMPUTED UNDER 37 U.S.C. 205)
(See Original for table)



WARRANT OFFICERS
(See Original for table)




ENLISTED MEMBERS
(See Original for table)






SCHEDULE 8-PAY OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES (PAGE 3)

Part II-RATE OF MONTHLY CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN PAY

The rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay authorized by section 203(c) of title 37, United States Code, is $600.00.

Note:  As a result of the enactment of sections 602-604 of Public Law 105-85, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998, the Secretary of Defense now has the authority to adjust the rates of basic allowances for subsistence and housing.  Therefore, these allowances are no longer adjusted by the President in conjunction with the adjustment of basic pay for members of the uniformed services.  Accordingly, the tables of allowances included in previous orders are not included here.



SCHEDULE 9-LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

Locality Pay Area1      Rate

Atlanta, GA     7.66%
Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH,ME,CT  10.72%
Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-,IN-WI 11.49%
Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN   9.52%
Cleveland-Akron, OH     8.05%
Columbus, OH    8.55%
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX   8.59%
Dayton-Springfield, OH  7.63%
Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO      10.54%
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI     11.64%
Hartford, CT.   11.25%
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX  14.79%
Huntsville, AL  7.22%
Indianapolis, IN        6.99%
Kansas City, MO-KS      7.42%
Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 12.76%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL       9.80%
Milwaukee-Racine, W1    7.83%
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI     9.11%
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA   12.09%
Orlando, FL     6.79%
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD      9.55%
Pittsburgh, PA  7.61%
Portland-Salem, OR-WA   9.06%
Richmond-Petersburg, VA 7.60%
Sacramento-Yolo, CA     9.50%

SCHEDULE 9-LOCALITY-BASED 
COMPARABILITY (Continued)

St. Louis, MO-IL        7.08%
San Diego, CA   9.97%
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA      15.01%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA    9.20%
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV       9.05%
Rest of U.S.    6.78%
______________________

        1Locality Pay Areas are defined in 5 CFR 531.603.



SCHEDULE 10-ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period 
beginning on or after January 1, 2000)

AL-3/A  $ 79,900
AL-3/B  86,000
AL-3/C  92,200
AL-3/D  98,300
AL-3/E  104,500
AL-3/F  110,600
AL-2    116,800
AL-1    122,400

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