[20040124]RS21689_联邦薪酬——2004年1月调整情况：情况说明书.pdf

1 For a more detailed discussion of both basic pay and locality-based payments, see CRS ReportRL31823, Federal White-Collar Pay: FY2004 Salary Adjustments, by (name redacted).Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21689Updated January 24, 2004Federal Pay Status of January 2004Adjustments: A Fact Sheetname redactedSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryFederal pay adjustment rates going into effect in January 2004, under ExecutiveOrder 13322 (69 Federal Register 231) were less than those in the pending ConsolidatedAppropriations Act, 2004 (H.R. 2673). The General Schedule (GS) and related salarysystems were limited to 2.0%, as opposed to the 4.1% subsequently passed. Salaries ofofficials in the three branches were temporarily limited, due to the lower GS rate, to1.5%, rather than the scheduled 2.2%, which upon Presidential approval of H.R. 2673,will go into effect retroactively. Status of General Schedule Pay Adjustment1!Under 5 U.S.C. 5303, General Schedule basic salaries, and those of otherrelated statutory systems, are to be adjusted the first pay period beginni