[House Document 111-156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-156


 
    ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR 2011 LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                  THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR 2011 LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS




  December 1, 2010.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    The law authorizes me to implement an alternative pay plan 
for locality pay increases for civilian Federal employees 
covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems 
in January 2011, if I view the adjustments that would otherwise 
take effect as inappropriate due to ``national emergency or 
serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare.'' 
Our country faces serious economic conditions affecting the 
general welfare. As the economic recovery continues, the time 
has come to put our Nation back on a sustainable fiscal course, 
an effort that requires tough choices and shared sacrifice. 
Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate to 
exercise my statutory alternative plan authority under 5 U.S.C. 
5304a to set alternative January 2011 locality pay rates. This 
decision will not materially affect our ability to attract and 
retain a well-qualified Federal workforce.
    Under the authority of section 5304a of title 5, United 
States Code, I have determined that the current locality pay 
percentages in Schedule 9 of Executive Order 13525 of December 
23, 2009, shall not increase from their 2010 levels. Pursuant 
to the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 2009 
(sections 1911-1919, Public Law 111-84), I am also establishing 
applicable 2011 locality pay rates for Alaska and Hawaii that 
are based on 2010 locality pay levels.
    The locality pay rates established in 2010, and continued 
in 2011 under this alternative plan, are shown in the 
attachment.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 30, 2010.

    
    
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