1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code 98-53 GOVUpdated June 25, 2004Salaries of Federal Officials: A Fact SheetSharon S. GressleSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionThe Ethics Reform Act
2、 of 1989 provides for an annual salary adjustment for allpositions on the Executive Schedule as well as for Members and leaders of the Senate andthe House of Representatives (103 Stat. 1716, at 1769). Adjustments are based on thepercent of change in the private sector wages and salaries element of t
3、he EmploymentCost Index (ECI) minus 0.5%. They are to go into effect at the same time as, and at a rateno greater than, the basic pay rate adjustments for the General Schedule (GS). By law (95Stat. 1183, at 1200), judges salaries must be authorized separately.1994. Congress legislated a freeze on th
4、e salaries of Members of Congress forcalendar year 1994. With no GS base salary adjustment, there was no “automatic”adjustment in 1994 for officials in the three branches (107 Stat. 35 and 107 Stat. 1253).1995. Projected adjustment: 2.6%. The FY1995 Treasury Appropriations Actprovided that there wou
