(B) INTERIM
SCHEDULE.—In order to 
carry out subparagraph (A), the Secretary of 
State shall establish (before the start of the pe-
riod described in subsection (a)) and update (as 
necessary to reflect any adjustment to the For-
eign Service Schedule taking effect after the 
start of such period) an interim schedule of 
basic salary rates which shall consist of— 
(i) the same classes and steps as those 
set forth in the Foreign Service Schedule 
(as established under such section 403); 
and 
(ii) rates that are equal to— 
(I) 
the 
rates 
for 
the 
cor-
responding classes and steps under 
the Foreign Service Schedule (as so 
established or adjusted), uniformly in-
creased by 
(II) 9 percent, or such other per-
centage as the President may deter-
mine in lieu thereof. 
(C) TREATMENT.—A basic salary rate de-
termined under this subsection shall, for all 
purposes (except subparagraph (B)(ii)(I)), be 
treated in the same way as if it were a basic 
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salary rate under the Foreign Service Schedule 
under such section 403. 
(c) CONVERSION RULES.—The Secretary, as defined 
by section 102(10) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’) shall establish salary conversion rules which shall 
apply in the case of any member who, during the period 
with respect to which this section applies, transfers be-
tween duty stations that are subject to the provisions of 
subsections (b)(1) and (b)(2), respectively. 
SEC. 103. UNIFORM COMPENSATION FOR WORLDWIDE 
SERVICE. 
(a) INITIAL ADJUSTMENT IN SALARIES OF MEM-
BERS.—Effective as of the first day of the first pay period 
beginning on or after April 1, 2010, the basic salary rate 
of each member of the Foreign Service designated class 
1 or below who, as of the day before such first day, was 
receiving a basic salary rate determined under section 102 
shall become subject to the Foreign Service Schedule es-
tablished under section 403 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (as amended by section 101), and shall receive an 
initial rate under such Schedule (as so amended) which 
shall be determined in accordance with the following: 
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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), 
the initial rate shall be fixed so as to be equal to the 
sum of— 
(A) the basic salary rate under the Foreign 
Service Schedule for the class and step held by 
such member as of the day before such first day 
(determined by applying the Foreign Service 
Schedule as last in effect under section 403 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 before the first 
day of the first pay period beginning on or after 
April 1, 2010, and disregarding any rates es-
tablished under section 102(b)(2)); and 
(B) the amount derived by multiplying the 
rate determined under subparagraph (A) by the 
locality-based comparability percentage that, as 
of such first day, is in effect under section 5304 
of title 5, United States Code, with respect to 
General Schedule positions within the locality 
that includes the District of Columbia. 
(2) In the case of any member who, effective as 
of the first day of the first pay period beginning on 
or after April 1, 2010, would otherwise have been 
advanced to a higher step in such member’s class by 
reason of section 406(a) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (determined by applying the provisions of 
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