[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 649-660]
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                Executive Order 13635 of December 27, 2012

                
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 section 114(b) of the Continuing 
                Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175), 
                which provides that any statutory adjustments to 
                current levels in certain pay schedules for civilian 
                Federal employees may take effect on the first day of 
                the first applicable pay period beginning after the 
                date specified in section 106(3) of Public Law 112-175, 
                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, 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), and 
section 140 of Public Law 97-92) at Schedule 7.

                Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. 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 my authority to implement an alternative 
                level of comparability payments under section 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. Pursuant to section 
                5372 of title 5, United States Code, the rates of basic 
                pay for administrative law judges are set forth on 
                Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

                Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective 
                January 1, 2013. The other schedules contained herein 
                are effective on the first day of the first applicable 
                pay period beginning after the date specified in 
                section 106(3) of Public Law 112-175.

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                Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13594 
                of December 19, 2011, is superseded as of the effective 
                dates specified in section 7 of this order.
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                  CONTENTS



Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 2 / Thursday, January 3, 2013 / 
Contents

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Agricultural Marketing Service
NOTICES
Standards for Grades of Eggplant, 283


Agriculture Department
See Agricultural Marketing Service
See Food Safety and Inspection Service
See Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 281-283


Census Bureau
RULES
Resumption of the Population Estimates Challenge Program, 255-260


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 305-308


Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Medicare Program:
    Hospital and Vendor Readiness for Electronic Health Records 
            Hospital Inpatient Quality Data Reporting, 308-310


Coast Guard
RULES
Moving Security Zones around Escorted Vessels:
    Lower Mississippi River, 261-263
Safety Zones:
    TEMCO Grain Facilities; Columbia and Willamette Rivers, 263-266


Commerce Department
See Census Bureau
See International Trade Administration
See National Institute of Standards and Technology
See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See Patent and Trademark Office


Defense Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Defense Intelligence Agency Advisory Board, 295


Education Department
NOTICES
Membership:
    National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 
            295-296


Energy Department
See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Environmental Protection Agency
PROPOSED RULES
NPDES Permit Regulation and Effluent Limitations Guidelines Standards:
    Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, 277-278
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board, 299


Executive Office of the President
See Presidential Documents


Federal Aviation Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Airworthiness Directives:
    REIMS AVIATION S.A. Airplanes, 275-277


Federal Communications Commission
RULES
Radio Broadcasting Services:
    Maysville, GA, 266-267


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Combined Filings, 296-299


Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act, 299-300


Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Changes in Bank Control:
    Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Company, 300
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 
          300


Federal Trade Commission
NOTICES
Proposed Consent Orders:
    IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., 300-303


Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
    Designation of Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, 
            344-534
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:
    Reclassification of Continental U.S. Breeding Population of Wood 
            Stork from Endangered to Threatened; Correction, 278-279


Food and Drug Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Nicotine Replacement Therapies and Smoking-Cessation Products:
    Report to Congress on Innovative Products and Treatments for 
            Tobacco Dependence; Public Hearing, 277
NOTICES
Guidance for Industry on Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic 
          Format:
    Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications, etc. Using 
            Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications, 310-
            311

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Food Safety and Inspection Service
NOTICES
2013 Rate Changes for Basetime, Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory 
          Services Rates, 283-285


General Services Administration
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals:
    Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies; Data.gov 
            Feedback Mechanisms, 304-305
    Proposal to Lease Space, GSA Form 1364, 303-304


Health and Human Services Department
See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See Food and Drug Administration
See National Institutes of Health
See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Homeland Security Department
See Coast Guard
See U.S. Customs and Border Protection
RULES
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain 
          Immediate Relatives, 536-578


Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals:
    Continuum of Care Program Application - Technical Submission, 315-
            316
Order of Succession for the Office of Housing, 316-317
Redelegation of Authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing 
          Counseling, 317-318


Interior Department
See Fish and Wildlife Service
See Land Management Bureau


International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, 
          Amendments, etc.:
    Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey, 286-287
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Orders, Findings, or Suspended 
          Investigations:
    Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews, 287-288
    Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 288-290


Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Filings of Plats of Surveys:
    Eastern States; North Carolina, 318-319


Maritime Administration
NOTICES
Requested Administrative Waivers of Coastwise Trade Laws:
    Vessel HALCYON, 337


Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission
See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission


National Institute of Standards and Technology
NOTICES
Meetings:
    National Conference on Weights and Measures, 290-292
    Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, 292


National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Meetings:
    Center for Scientific Review, 312-313
    National Cancer Institute, 312-314
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 314


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:
    Inseason Adjustment to 2013 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
            Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and Pacific Cod Total, 270-274
    Inseason Adjustment to 2013 Gulf of Alaska Pollock and Pacific Cod 
            Total Allowable Catch Amounts, 267-270
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery:
    2013-2014 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures, 580-644
PROPOSED RULES
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:
    2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; 
            Amendment 5, 279-280


Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 319-320
Applications:
    Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Creation of Holding Company 
            and Transfer of Facility Operating Licenses, etc., 328-330
    Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Creation of Holding Company and 
            Transfer of Facility Operating License, etc., 325-328
    River Bend Station, Unit 1; Creation of Holding Company and 
            Transfer of Facility Operating License, etc., 320-322
    Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; Creation of Holding 
            Company and Transfer of Facility Operating License and 
            Opportunity for Hearing, 323-325


Patent and Trademark Office
NOTICES
Roundtable Events for Partnership for Enhancement of Quality of 
          Software-Related Patents, 292-295


Presidential Documents
EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Government Agencies and Employees:
    Rates of Pay; Adjustment (EO 13635), 649-660
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Government Agencies and Employees:
    Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates (Memorandum of December 
            21, 2012), 645-647


Public Debt Bureau
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 341

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Rural Utilities Service
NOTICES
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:
    Healy Power Generation Unit 2, Healy, AK, 285-286


Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes:
    ICE Clear Europe Ltd., 330-335
    New York Stock Exchange LLC, 335-337


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
NOTICES
Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities that Meet 
          Minimum Standards, etc., 314-315


Surface Transportation Board
NOTICES
Abandonment Exemptions:
    CSX Transportation, Inc., Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ, 338
Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions:
    Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC from Buckeye Partners, L.P., 338-339


Transportation Department
See Federal Aviation Administration
See Maritime Administration
See Surface Transportation Board


Treasury Department
See Public Debt Bureau
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and 
          Approvals, 339-341


U.S. Customs and Border Protection
NOTICES
Reopenings of Application Periods:
    Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot Program, 315

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Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 344-534


Part III
Homeland Security Department, 536-578


Part IV
Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
          580-644


Part V
Presidential Documents, 645-647, 649-660

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