Executive Order 12736

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including sections 703 and 704 of Public Law 101-194; section 302 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as incorporated in section 529 of Public Law 101-509; section 618 of Public Law 101-509; section 601 of Public Law 101-510; section 321 of Public Law 101-520; and section 5382 of title 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

''' Section 1. ' Statutory Pay Systems ''.


 * The rates of basic pay or salaries of the following statutory pay systems 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 Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 4107) at Schedule 3.

 Sec. 2.  Senior Executive Service .


 * Pursuant to section 5382 of title 5, United States Code, the rates of basic pay for members of the Senior Executive Service are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 Sec. 3.  Executive Salaries .


 * The rates of pay or salaries for the following offices and positions are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:


 * (a) The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312-5316) at Schedule 5;


 * (b) The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and Congress (2 U.S.C. 31) at Schedule 6; and


 * (c) Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, and 252) at Schedule 7.

 Sec. 4.  Uniformed Services .


 * Pursuant to section 601 of Public Law 101-510, 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 are set forth at Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 Sec. 5.  Interim Geographic Adjustments .


 * (a) Pursuant to section 302 of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, as incorporated in section 529 of Public Law 101-509, employees under the statutory pay systems covered under section 1 of this order who are assigned to a duty station located in one of the geographical areas listed in Schedule 9 shall be entitled, except as may be provided under subsection (b) of this section, to receive an interim geographic adjustment at the rate shown on Schedule 9, which schedule is attached hereto and made a part hereof.


 * (b)


 * (1) The Office of Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations governing the application of interim geographic adjustments to General Schedule employees, including the determination of what, if any, geographic adjustment shall be payable in the case of employees receiving special pay rates.


 * (2) The Secretary of State shall prescribe regulations governing the application of interim geographic adjustments to employees under the Foreign Service Schedule, consistent with the regulations and determinations prescribed under paragraph (1) of this subsection.


 * (3) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations governing the application of interim geographic adjustments to employees under the schedules for the Veterans Health Services and Research Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, consistent with the regulations and determinations prescribed under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

 Sec. 6.  Effective Dates .


 * The rates of monthly basic pay and allowances for subsistence and quarters for members of the uniformed services provided for at Schedule 8 are effective on January 1, 1991. The other schedules provided for herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1991.

 Sec. 7. 


 * Executive Order No. 12698 of December 23, 1989, is superseded.

, December 12, 1989.