[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 154 (Tuesday, November 30, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H7742]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   ALTERNATIVE PLAN FOR 2011 LOCALITY-BASED COMPARABILITY PAYMENTS--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-156)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and 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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