Executive Order 13282 of December 31, 2002



                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 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. 5311-5318) 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), and section 140 of Public Law 97-92)
                at Schedule 7.


                Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. Pursuant to section 601(a)-
                (b) of Public Law 107-314, 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. 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, 2003. The other schedules contained herein
                are effective on the first day of the first applicable
                pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2003.


[[Page 1134]]


                Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13249
                of December 28, 2001, is superseded.


                    (Presidential Sig.)B


                THE WHITE HOUSE,


                    December 31, 2002.