[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 17 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Pages 461-462]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13297--Applying the Federal Physicians Comparability 
Allowance Amendments of 2000 to Participants in the Foreign Service 
Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension System, 
and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System

April 23, 2003

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 827 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4067), section 292 of the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964 (50 U.S.C. 2141), and section 
301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to conform the Foreign 
Service Retirement and Disability System, the Foreign Service Pension 
System, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System to the Civil Service Retirement System, it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. (a) The 
following provisions of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance 
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-571) shall apply to the Foreign 
Service Retirement and Disability System, subchapter I of chapter 8 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended:
    (i) Section 3(a) of Public Law 106-571 to provide that any amount 
received under section 5948 of title 5, United States Code (physicians 
comparability allowance), be included in the definition of basic pay; 
and
    (ii) Section 3(b) of Public Law 106-571 to provide for the inclusion 
of the physicians comparability allowance in the computation of an 
annuity under the same rules that apply with respect to the Civil 
Service Retirement System.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall issue regulations that reflect the 
application of sections 3(a) and 3(b) of Public Law 106-571 to the 
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. Such regulations shall 
provide that the foregoing provisions be retroactive to December 28, 
2000.
    Sec. 2. Foreign Service Pension System. (a) The following provisions 
of the Federal Physicians Comparability Allowance Amendments of 2000 
(Public Law 106-571) shall apply to the Foreign Service Pension System, 
subchapter II of chapter 8 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as 
amended:
    (i) Section 3(a) of Public Law 106-571 to provide that any amount 
received under section 5948 of title 5, United States Code (physicians 
comparability allowance), be included in the definition of basic pay; 
and
    (ii) Section 3(c) of Public Law 106-571 to provide for the inclusion 
of the physicians comparability allowance in the computation of an 
annuity under the same rules that apply with respect to the Federal 
Employees Retirement System.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall issue regulations that reflect the 
application of sections 3(a) and 3(c) of Public Law 106-571 to the 
Foreign Service Pension System. Such regulations shall provide that the 
foregoing provisions be retroactive to December 28, 2000.
    Sec. 3. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System.
    (a) The following provisions of the Federal Physicians Comparability 
Allowance Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-571) shall apply to the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, title II 
of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act of 1964, as amended:
    (i) Section 3(a) of Public Law 106-571 to provide that any amount 
received under section 5948 of title 5, United States Code (physicians 
comparability allowance), be included in the definition of basic pay; 
and
    (ii) Section 3(b) of Public Law 106-571 to provide for the inclusion 
of the physicians comparability allowance in the computation of an 
annuity under the same rules that apply with respect to the Civil 
Service Retirement System.

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    (b) The Director of Central Intelligence shall issue regulations to 
reflect the application of sections 3(a) and 3(b) of Public Law 106-571 
to the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
Such regulations shall provide that the foregoing provisions be 
retroactive to December 28, 2000.
    Sec. 4. Judicial Review. This order is not intended to create, nor 
does it create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its 
agencies, its officers, employees, or any other person.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 23, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9:42 a.m., April 25, 
2003]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
April 28.