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E.O.12990

Adjustments of Rates of Pay and Allowances for the Uniformed Services, Amendment to Executive Order No. 12984

Signed February 29, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 8467

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Adjusts the rates of monthly basic pay, basic allowances for subsistence, basic allowances for quarters, and monthly cadet or midshipman pay for members of the uniformed services, according to a schedule attached to the order, under authority granted by section 601 of Public Law 104-106. These adjustments take effect retroactively on January 1, 1996. The order also supersedes Section 4 and Schedule 8 of the earlier Executive Order 12984, issued December 28, 1995, replacing the pay and allowance figures that order had set.

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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 601 of Public Law 104-106, it is hereby ordered

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Disposition

Amends: EO 12984, December 28, 1995;; ; Superseded by: EO 13033, December 27, 1996

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The order, in full

Executive Order 12990 of February 29, 1996

Adjustments of Rates of Pay and Allowances for
the
Uniformed Services, Amendment to Executive Order No.
12984

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 601 of Public Law 104-106,
it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. 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 adjusted as
set forth on the schedule attached hereto and made a
part hereof.

Sec. 2. The adjustments in rates of pay and allowances
set forth on the attached schedule are effective on
January 1, 1996.

Sec. 3. Section 4 and Schedule 8 of Executive Order No.
12984 of December 28, 1995, are superseded.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    February 29, 1996.

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