Cost-of-Living Allowances (Nonforeign Areas); Hawaii County, Kauai County, Guam (Commissary/Exchange), Maui County, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

摘要

The Office of Personnel Management is publishing an interim regulation to increase the cost-of-living allowance (COLA) rates paid to certain Federal employees in Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This regulation increases the COLA rate for Hawaii County, HI, from 15 percent to 16.5 percent; Kauai County, HI, from 22.5 percent to 23.25 percent; Maui County, HI, from 22.5 percent to 23.75 percent; Guam (Commissary/Exchange) from 20 percent to 22.5 percent; Puerto Rico from 10 percent to 11.5 percent; and the U.S. Virgin Islands from 20 percent to 22.5 percent. All other COLA rates remain unchanged. The new rates are the result of the settlement of Caraballo et al. v. United States, Civil No. 1997/27 (D.V.I.).