[House Document 114-57]
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  AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR PAY INCREASES FOR CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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 AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR PAY INCREASES FOR CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
   COVERED BY THE GENERAL SCHEDULE AND CERTAIN OTHER PAY SYSTEMS IN 
          JANUARY 2016, PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) AND 5304a

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    September 9, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
              Government Reform and ordered to be printed
              
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                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 28, 2015.
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 and certain other pay systems in January 2016.
    Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement 
alternative pay plans for pay increases for civilian Federal 
employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay 
systems if, because of ``national emergency or serious economic 
conditions affecting the general welfare,'' I view the 
adjustments that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.
    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 January 2016 across-the-
board and locality pay adjustments. Specifically, I have 
determined that for 2016, across-the-board pay increases will 
be 1.0 percent. Also, I will make a decision by November 30, 
2015, regarding an alternative plan for locality payments under 
5 U.S.C. 5304a. The alternative plan for locality payments will 
be limited so that the total combined cost of the 1.0 percent 
across-the-board base pay increase and the varying locality pay 
increases will be 1.3 percent of basic payroll, consistent with 
the assumption in my 2016 Budget. These decisions will not 
materially affect our 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, 
2016.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

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