STATEMENTS & RELEASES

Bill Announcement

Issued on: January 5, 2021

ALL NEWS

On Tuesday, January 5, 2021 the President signed into law:

H.R. 4356, the “Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act,” which expands Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protections to certain individuals for termination of contracts for telephone, multichannel video programming, or internet access service, and for other purposes;

H.R. 6192, the “1921 Silver Dollar Coin Anniversary Act,” which requires the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue coins in honor of the 100th anniversary of the completion of coinage of the Morgan dollar and the 100th anniversary of the commencement of coinage of the Peace dollar;

H.R. 6435, the “Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020,” which requires the Federal Trade Commission to develop and disseminate information to the public regarding scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic; and

H.R. 8354, the “Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative Act of 2020,” which establishes the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative within the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.

>>12326695

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13970

• • • • • –

ADJUSTMENTS OF CERTAIN RATES OF PAY

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is

hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5

U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part

hereof:

(a) The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1;

(b) The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) at Schedule 2; and

(c) The schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306,

7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 102–40) at Schedule 3.

Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service. The ranges of rates of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive

Service, as established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries. The rates of basic pay or salaries for the

following offices and positions are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:

(a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312–5318) at Schedule 5;

(b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 4501) at Schedule 6; and

(c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a)) at Schedule 7.

>>12326803

SCHEDULE 1–GENERAL SCHEDULE

(Effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2021)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GS-1 $19,738 $20,400 $21,056 $21,709 $22,365 $22,749 $23,398 $24,052 $24,078 $24,690

GS-2 22,194 22,722 23,457 24,078 24,349 25,065 25,781 26,497 27,213 27,929

GS-3 24,216 25,023 25,830 26,637 27,444 28,251 29,058 29,865 30,672 31,479

GS-4 27,184 28,090 28,996 29,902 30,808 31,714 32,620 33,526 34,432 35,338

GS-5 30,414 31,428 32,442 33,456 34,470 35,484 36,498 37,512 38,526 39,540

GS-6 33,903 35,033 36,163 37,293 38,423 39,553 40,683 41,813 42,943 44,073 GS-7 37,674 38,930 40,186 41,442 42,698 43,954 45,210 46,466 47,722 48,978

GS-8 41,723 43,114 44,505 45,896 47,287 48,678 50,069 51,460 52,851 54,242 GS-9 46,083 47,619 49,155 50,691 52,227 53,763 55,299 56,835 58,371 59,907 GS-10 50,748 52,440 54,132 55,824 57,516 59,208 60,900 62,592 64,284 65,976 GS-11 55,756 57,615 59,474 61,333 63,192 65,051 66,910 68,769 70,628 72,487 GS-12 66,829 69,057 71,285 73,513 75,741 77,969 80,197 82,425 84,653 86,881 GS-13 79,468 82,117 84,766 87,415 90,064 92,713 95,362 98,011 100,660 103,309 GS-14 93,907 97,037 100,167 103,297 106,427 109,557 112,687 115,817 118,947 122,077 GS-15 110,460 114,142 117,824 121,506 125,188 128,870 132,552 136,234 139,916 143,598