Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances
Signed December 28, 1995·William J. Clinton·61 FR 237
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Sets adjusted rates of basic pay and allowances for various federal employee categories, effective for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 1996, with military pay rates effective that date directly. Covers the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, and pay and allowances for members of the uniformed services, all detailed in schedules attached to the order. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments under sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code, and to publish notice of these payments in the Federal Register. Supersedes Executive Order 12944 of December 28, 1994.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 704 of Public Law 101-194; section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40; section 633 of Public Law 104-52; section 31 of title 2, United States Code; section 104 of title 3, United States Code; sections 5303, 5304, 5304a, 5318, and 5382 of title 5, United States Code; section 3963 of title 22, United States Code; section 461(a) of title 28, United States Code; and section 1009 of title 37, United States Code; and sections 7306 and 7404 of title 38, United States Code, it is hereby ordered
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Amended by: EO 12990, February 29, 1996;; ; Superseded by: EO 13033, December 27, 1996
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Executive Order 12984 of December 28, 1995
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and
Allowances
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 704 of Public Law 101-194;
section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40; section 633 of
Public Law 104-52; section 31 of title 2, United States
Code; section 104 of title 3, United States Code;
sections 5303, 5304, 5304a, 5318, and 5382 of title 5,
United States Code; section 3963 of title 22, United
States Code; section 461(a) of title 28, United States
Code; and section 1009 of title 37, United States Code;
and sections 7306 and 7404 of title 38, United States
Code, 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(b), 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 rates of basic
pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive
Service, as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth
on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 3. Executive Salaries. The rates of basic pay or
salaries for the following offices and positions, which
remain unchanged pursuant to section 633 of Public Law
104-52, 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)) at Schedule 7.
Sec. 4. Uniformed Services. Pursuant to section 1009
of title 37, United States Code, the rates of monthly
basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)), the rates of basic
allowances for subsistence (37 U.S.C. 402), and the
rates of basic allowances for quarters (37 U.S.C.
403(a)) for members of the uniformed services and the
rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C.
203(c)(1)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto
and made a part hereof.
Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments. (a)
Pursuant to sections 5304 and 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. Effective Dates. Schedule 8 is effective on
January 1, 1996. The other schedules contained herein
are effective on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1996.
Sec. 7. Prior Order Superseded. Executive Order No.
12944 of December 28, 1994, is superseded.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 28, 1995.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed December 28, 1995. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.