[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 2 (Thursday, January 3, 2013)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 649-660] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-00002] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 2 / Thursday, January 3, 2013 / Presidential Documents [[Page 649]] Executive Order 13635 of December 27, 2012 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, including section 114(b) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175), which provides that any statutory adjustments to current levels in certain pay schedules for civilian Federal employees may take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after the date specified in section 106(3) of Public Law 112-175, 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. 31) at Schedule 6; and (c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a), and section 140 of Public Law 97-92) at Schedule 7. Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. The rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009, and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof. Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a) Pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, and my authority to implement an alternative level of comparability payments under section 5304a of title 5, United States Code, locality-based comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof. (b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement these payments and to publish appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal Register. Sec. 6. Administrative Law Judges. Pursuant to section 5372 of title 5, United States Code, the rates of basic pay for administrative law judges are set forth on Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof. Sec. 7. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective January 1, 2013. The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning after the date specified in section 106(3) of Public Law 112-175. [[Page 650]] Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order 13594 of December 19, 2011, is superseded as of the effective dates specified in section 7 of this order.(Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 27, 2012. 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Airplanes, 275-277 Federal Communications Commission RULES Radio Broadcasting Services: Maysville, GA, 266-267 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 296-299 Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 299-300 Federal Reserve System NOTICES Changes in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of Bank or Bank Holding Company, 300 Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies, 300 Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Proposed Consent Orders: IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., 300-303 Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Critical Habitat for Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, 344-534 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Reclassification of Continental U.S. Breeding Population of Wood Stork from Endangered to Threatened; Correction, 278-279 Food and Drug Administration PROPOSED RULES Nicotine Replacement Therapies and Smoking-Cessation Products: Report to Congress on Innovative Products and Treatments for Tobacco Dependence; Public Hearing, 277 NOTICES Guidance for Industry on Providing Regulatory Submissions in Electronic Format: Certain Human Pharmaceutical Product Applications, etc. Using Electronic Common Technical Document Specifications, 310- 311 [[Page iv]] Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES 2013 Rate Changes for Basetime, Overtime, Holiday, and Laboratory Services Rates, 283-285 General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies; Data.gov Feedback Mechanisms, 304-305 Proposal to Lease Space, GSA Form 1364, 303-304 Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives, 536-578 Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Continuum of Care Program Application - Technical Submission, 315- 316 Order of Succession for the Office of Housing, 316-317 Redelegation of Authority to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling, 317-318 Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews; Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc.: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey, 286-287 Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Orders, Findings, or Suspended Investigations: Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews, 287-288 Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 288-290 Land Management Bureau NOTICES Filings of Plats of Surveys: Eastern States; North Carolina, 318-319 Maritime Administration NOTICES Requested Administrative Waivers of Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel HALCYON, 337 Mine Safety and Health Federal Review Commission See Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Meetings: National Conference on Weights and Measures, 290-292 Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, 292 National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 312-313 National Cancer Institute, 312-314 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 314 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Inseason Adjustment to 2013 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and Pacific Cod Total, 270-274 Inseason Adjustment to 2013 Gulf of Alaska Pollock and Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts, 267-270 Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery: 2013-2014 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures, 580-644 PROPOSED RULES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 5, 279-280 Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 319-320 Applications: Arkansas Nuclear One, Units 1 and 2; Creation of Holding Company and Transfer of Facility Operating Licenses, etc., 328-330 Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, Unit 1; Creation of Holding Company and Transfer of Facility Operating License, etc., 325-328 River Bend Station, Unit 1; Creation of Holding Company and Transfer of Facility Operating License, etc., 320-322 Waterford Steam Electric Station, Unit 3; Creation of Holding Company and Transfer of Facility Operating License and Opportunity for Hearing, 323-325 Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Roundtable Events for Partnership for Enhancement of Quality of Software-Related Patents, 292-295 Presidential Documents EXECUTIVE ORDERS Government Agencies and Employees: Rates of Pay; Adjustment (EO 13635), 649-660 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS Government Agencies and Employees: Federal Employee Pay Schedules and Rates (Memorandum of December 21, 2012), 645-647 Public Debt Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 341 [[Page v]] Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Healy Power Generation Unit 2, Healy, AK, 285-286 Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: ICE Clear Europe Ltd., 330-335 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 335-337 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Laboratories and Instrumented Initial Testing Facilities that Meet Minimum Standards, etc., 314-315 Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Abandonment Exemptions: CSX Transportation, Inc., Ewing Township, Mercer County, NJ, 338 Acquisitions and Operation Exemptions: Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC from Buckeye Partners, L.P., 338-339 Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Maritime Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Department See Public Debt Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 339-341 U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Reopenings of Application Periods: Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot Program, 315 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 344-534 Part III Homeland Security Department, 536-578 Part IV Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 580-644 Part V Presidential Documents, 645-647, 649-660 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws. 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