[House Document 113-57]
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             AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR LOCALITY PAY INCREASES

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR LOCALITY PAY INCREASES PAYABLE TO CIVILIAN 
  FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THE GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) AND CERTAIN 
      OTHER PAY SYSTEMS FOR 2014, PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 5305(a)(3)




    September 9, 2013.--Referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
              Government Reform and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 30, 2013.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am transmitting an alternative plan for 
pay increases for civilian Federal employees covered by the 
General Schedule (GS) and certain other pay systems for 2014.
    Civilian Federal employees have already made significant 
sacrifices as a result of a three-year pay freeze. As our 
country continues to recover from serious economic conditions 
affecting the general welfare, however, we must maintain 
efforts to keep our Nation on a sustainable fiscal course.
    Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate to 
exercise my statutory alternative plan authority under 5 U.S.C. 
5303(b) and 5304a to set alternative 2014 across-the-board and 
locality pay adjustments. Specifically, I have determined that 
for 2014, across-the-board pay increases will be 1.0 percent, 
and the current locality pay percentages shown in Schedule 9 of 
Executive Order 13641 of April 5, 2013, will remain at their 
2013 levels. This decision will not materially affect the 
Federal Government's ability to attract and retain a well-
qualified Federal workforce.
    The adjustments described above shall take effect on the 
first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 
2014.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

                                  
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