Executive Order 13291 of March 21, 2003

 
                Further Adjustment 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, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 
                13282 of December 31, 2002, is amended as follows:

                Section 1. Section 3(c) of Executive Order 13282 is 
                amended to read as follows:

``(c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a), 
section 140 of Public Law 97-92, and Public Law 108-6) at Schedule 7.''.

                Sec. 2. Section 5(a) of Executive Order 13282 is 
                amended to read as follows:

``(a) Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and in 
accordance with section 637 of Division J of Public Law 108-7, locality-
based comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 
attached hereto and made a part hereof.''.

                Sec. 3. Executive Order 13282 is amended by striking 
                Schedules 7 and 9 attached thereto and inserting 
                Schedules 7 and 9 attached hereto and made a part 
                hereof.

                Sec. 4. The amendments made by this order are effective 
                on the first day of the first applicable pay period 
                beginning on or after January 1, 2003.

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                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                     March 21, 2003.