[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36743-36744]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14625]


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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT


January 2000 Pay Adjustments

AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The President adjusted the rates of basic pay and locality 
payments for certain categories of Federal employees in January 2000. 
This notice documents those pay adjustments for the public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Denise Jenkins, Office of Compensation 
Administration, Workforce Compensation and Performance Service, Office 
of Personnel Management, (202) 606-2858, FAX (202) 606-0824, or email 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b2c2d3cbded7d3c4d7f2ddc2df9cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0c0d1c9dcd5d1c6d5f0dfc0dd9ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 21, 1999, the President signed 
Executive Order 13144 (64 FR 72237, December 23, 1999), which 
established the January 2000 across-the-board adjustments for the 
statutory pay systems and the 2000 locality pay adjustments for General 
Schedule (GS) employees in the 48 contiguous States and the District of 
Columbia. The President made these adjustments consistent with section 
646 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 
(Public Law 106-58, September 29, 1999). Schedule 1 of Executive Order 
13144 provides the rates for the 2000 General Schedule and reflects a 
3.8 percent general increase. Executive Order 13144 also includes the 
percentage amounts of the 2000 locality payments. (See Section 5 and 
Schedule 9 of Executive Order 13144.) The publication of this notice 
satisfies the requirement in section 5(b) of Executive Order 13144 that 
the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) publish appropriate notice of 
the 2000 locality payments in the Federal Register.
    GS employees receive locality payments under 5 U.S.C. 5304. 
Locality payments apply in the 48 contiguous States and the District of 
Columbia. In 2000, locality payments ranging from 6.78 percent to 15.01 
percent apply to GS employees in 32 locality pay areas. These 2000 
locality pay percentages, which replaced the locality pay percentages 
that were applicable in 1999, became effective on the first day of the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2000. An 
employee's locality-adjusted annual rate of pay is computed by 
increasing his or her scheduled annual rate of basic pay (as defined in 
5 U.S.C. 5302(8) and 5 CFR 531.602) by the applicable locality pay 
percentage. (See 5 CFR 531.604 and 531.605.)
    On December 7, 1999, the President's Pay Agent extended the 2000 
locality-based comparability payments to the same Governmentwide and 
single-agency categories of non-GS employees that received the 1999 
locality payments. The Governmentwide categories include members of the 
Senior Executive Service (SES), the Foreign Service, the Senior Foreign 
Service, employees in senior-level (SL) and scientific or professional 
(ST) positions, administrative law judges, and members of Boards of 
Contract Appeals.
    Executive Order 13144 establishes the new Executive Schedule, which 
incorporates the 3.4 percent increase required under 5 U.S.C. 5318. The 
Executive order also reflects a decision by the President to increase 
the rates of basic pay for members of the Senior Executive Service 
(SES) by 3.8 percent (rounded to the nearest $100) at SES levels ES-1 
through ES-3 and by 3.6 percent (rounded to the nearest $100) at ES-4. 
Since the maximum rate of basic pay for SES members is limited by law 
to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule, which was increased 
to $122,400, the rates of basic pay for levels ES-5 and ES-6 were 
increased by approximately 3.4 percent (rounded to the nearest $100).
    Public Law 106-97 of November 12, 1999, amended 5 U.S.C. 5372 to 
provide the President with authority to adjust the rates of basic pay 
for administrative law judges (ALJs) at the time of the pay increase 
for the statutory pay systems. The Executive order reflects a decision 
by the President to increase the rates of basic pay for ALJs at level 
AL-2 and AL-3 by 3.8 percent (rounded to the nearest $100). The 
President increased the rate of basic pay for AL-1 by approximately 3.4 
percent (rounded to the nearest $100), since that rate is capped at the 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule.
    The rates of basic pay for Board of Contract Appeals (BCA) members 
are calculated as a percentage of the rate for level IV of the 
Executive Schedule. (See 5 U.S.C. 5372a.) Therefore, BCA rates of basic 
pay were increased by approximately 3.4 percent. Also, the maximum rate 
of basic pay for senior-level (SL) and scientific or professional (ST) 
positions was increased by approximately 3.4 percent (to $122,400) 
because it is tied to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
The minimum rate of basic pay for SL/ST positions is equal to 120 
percent of the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-15, and thus was 
increased by 3.8 percent (to $93,137). (See 5 U.S.C. 5376.)
    OPM published ``Salary Tables for 2000'' (OPM Doc. 124-48-6) in 
March 2000. This document provides complete salary tables incorporating 
the 2000 pay adjustments, information on general pay administration 
matters, locality pay area definitions, Internal Revenue Service 
withholding tables, and other related information. The rates of pay 
shown in ``Salary Tables for 2000'' are the official rates of pay for 
affected employees and are hereby incorporated as part of this notice. 
You may purchase copies of ``Salary Tables for 2000'' from the 
Government Printing Office (GPO) by calling (202) 512-1800 or FAX (202) 
512-2250. You may order copies directly from GPO on the Internet at 
http://orders.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/sale/prf/prf.html. In addition, 
you can find pay tables on OPM's Internet website at http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm.


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Office of Personnel Management.
Janice R. Lachance,
Director.
[FR Doc. 00-14625 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]
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