Regulations Relating to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay, Aviation Career Incentive Pay, and Submarine Duty Incentive Pay

This executive order delegates presidential authority to set hazardous duty, aviation career, and submarine duty incentive pay rates to the Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security (for Coast Guard), allowing them to act without presidential approval. It revokes two older executive orders from 1964 and 1974 that previously governed these pay structures.

Federal Register Open PDF 68 FR 15917

Key directives

Delegate presidential authority under 37 U.S.C. §§ 301, 301a, 301c to Secretaries of Defense, Commerce, HHS, and Homeland Security
Require inter-secretary consultation for consistent treatment of similarly situated members
Permit differing treatment when service needs require
Revoke Executive Order 11157 (1964) and Executive Order 11800 (1974)

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

Delegation of presidential authority to agency secretaries takes effect
Revocation of EO 11157 and EO 11800

Near term (90d)

Potential revisions to incentive pay rates by secretaries
Inter-secretary consultation to establish consistent treatment across services

Long term

Ongoing administration of military special pay without presidential involvement
Potential divergence in pay structures across uniformed services if needs differ

Risks & tensions

No explicit deadline for secretaries to exercise delegated authority; timeline for pay adjustments is unspecified
Vague standard for when 'needs of respective uniformed services require differing treatment' could lead to inconsistent pay equity
Revocation of prior EOs without transition provisions may create temporary administrative gaps
Exclusion of Coast Guard when operating as Navy service creates jurisdictional complexity