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Executive Order 12990

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

This executive order adjusts pay and allowance rates for members of the uniformed services, including basic pay, subsistence and quarters allowances, and cadet/midshipman pay, effective retroactively to January 1, 1996. It supersedes portions of the prior executive order (EO 12984) that had established earlier rates.

Federal Register Open PDF 61 FR 8467

Impact dates

  1. adjustments in rates of pay and allowances effective

Key directives

  • Adjust monthly basic pay rates per attached schedule (37 U.S.C. 203(a))
  • Adjust basic allowances for subsistence (37 U.S.C. 402)
  • Adjust basic allowances for quarters (37 U.S.C. 403(a))
  • Adjust monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 203(c)(1))
  • Make all adjustments effective January 1, 1996
  • Supersede Section 4 and Schedule 8 of Executive Order No. 12984

Timeline

Immediate

  • EO supersedes Section 4 and Schedule 8 of EO 12984 upon signing

Near term (90d)

  • pay adjustments implemented administratively following publication

Long term

  • established pay rates remain in effect until superseded by subsequent adjustment

Risks & tensions

  • Retroactive effective date (January 1, 1996) from February 29, 1996 signing creates administrative burden for pay corrections
  • Supersession of prior EO 12984 (December 28, 1995) suggests rapid revision of previously established rates, possibly due to congressional or military feedback
  • Attached schedule with actual dollar amounts not reproduced in text; specific rate changes not verifiable from this document alone
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