Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Delegation of a Federal Pay Administration Authority

Record & deadlines

1. Dec 7, 1998Signed

   Signed by the President

2. Dec 9, 1998FR published

   Published in the Federal Register · 63 FR 68151

   Federal Register PDF
3. Date TBD

   OPM Director to publish locality pay notice in Federal Register

4. Jan 1, 1999

   Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective date

5. Jan 1, 1999

   Other schedules effective: first day of first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 1999

Key directives

• Set adjusted rates for General Schedule, Foreign Service Schedule, and Veterans Health Administration schedules
• Set adjusted rates for Senior Executive Service basic pay
• Maintain unchanged rates for Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congress, and justices/judges
• Set uniformed services monthly basic pay and cadet/midshipman pay rates
• Authorize locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
• Direct OPM Director to implement locality payments and publish Federal Register notice
• Supersede Executive Order 13071
• Amend Executive Order 12748 section 2(c) to reference 5 U.S.C. 5304(g)-(h) instead of 5304(h)

Who is ordered

• Director of the Office of Personnel Management · OPM

Prior policy

• supersedeExecutive Order 13071 of December 29, 1997
• amendExecutive Order 12748 section 2(c)

Related orders

• supersedesEO 13071
• amendsEO 12748

What to expect

Risks & tensions

• No stated deadline for OPM Federal Register notice creates implementation uncertainty
• Split effective dates (January 1 vs. first pay period) may cause minor administrative coordination challenges
• Pay rates for Executive Schedule, Congress, Vice President, and judiciary held flat by statute, not adjusted—potential tension with inflation