[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 52 (Monday, January 1, 1996)]
[Pages 2232-2233]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12984--Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and 
Allowances

December 28, 1995

    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

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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.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
December 28, 1995.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:08 p.m., December 29, 
1995]

Note: This Executive order and the attached schedule will be published 
in the Federal Register on January 3.