[House Document 118-162]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-162

 
AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
   COVERED BY THE GENERAL SCHEDULE AND CERTAIN OTHER PAY SYSTEMS IN 
                              JANUARY 2025

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR PAY ADJUSTMENTS FOR CIVILIAN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
   COVERED BY THE GENERAL SCHEDULE AND CERTAIN OTHER PAY SYSTEMS IN 
JANUARY 2025, PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 5304a(a); PUBLIC LAW 101-509, TITLE 
I, SEC. 101(a)(1); (104 STAT. 1436) AND 5 U.S.C. 5303(b)(1)(A); PUBLIC 
LAW 89-554, SEC. 5303(b)(1)(A) (AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 101-509, SEC. 
                         529); (104 STAT. 1427)




     August 30, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                Accountability and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                       Washington, August 30, 2024.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: I am transmitting an alternative plan for 
pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the 
General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2025.
    Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement 
alternative plans for pay adjustments 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 
increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.
    Accordingly, I have determined that it is appropriate to 
exercise my authority to set alternative pay adjustments for 
2025 pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5303(b) and 5 U.S.C. 5304a.
    Specifically, I have determined that for 2025, the across-
the-board base pay increase will be 1.7 percent and locality 
pay increases will average 0.3 percent, resulting in an overall 
average increase of 2.0 percent for civilian Federal employees, 
consistent with the assumption in my 2025 Budget.
    We must attract, recruit, and retain a skilled workforce 
with fair compensation in order to keep our Government running, 
deliver services, and meet our Nation's challenges today and 
tomorrow. This alternative pay plan decision will continue to 
allow the Federal Government to employ a well-qualified Federal 
workforce on behalf of the American people, acknowledging wage 
growth in the labor market and fiscal constraints.
    The adjustment described above shall take effect on the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or 
after January 1, 2025.
            Sincerely,

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.