---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 591.202"
title: "5"
number: "591.202"
heading: "Why does the Government pay COLAs?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/591.202"
---

# §591.202. Why does the Government pay COLAs?


The Government pays COLAs as additional compensation to certain civilian Federal employees in specified nonforeign areas in consideration of higher living costs in the local area compared with living costs in the Washington, DC, area.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5941; E.O. 10000, 3 CFR, 1943-1948 Comp., p. 792; and E.O. 12510, 3 CFR, 1985 Comp., p. 338.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 22340, May 3, 2002, unless otherwise noted.