Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances
Headline: Adjusts Federal and Military Pay and Allowances Beginning January 1996
What it does: Federal pay rates and allowances are established by the attached schedules, and the Office of Personnel Management must implement and publish locality payments.
- Sets updated pay rates for many federal civilian employees.
- Establishes basic pay and allowances for members of the uniformed services.
- Requires locality-based pay adjustments and publication by the Office of Personnel Management.
Summary
This order sets updated rates of pay and allowances by attaching official pay schedules for multiple federal pay systems. It covers the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, executive and judicial salaries, the Vice President and Congress, and uniformed service pay and allowances.
The Office of Personnel Management must implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice. Schedule 8 (uniformed service pay) is effective January 1, 1996; the other schedules take effect on the first applicable pay period on or after January 1, 1996. The order supersedes the prior year's order.
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