Amendments to Executive Order 12293—The Foreign Service of the United States

In simple terms

This executive order adjusts the salary ranges for three Senior Foreign Service classes (Career Minister, Minister-Counselor, and Counselor) and updates agency references to replace defunct Cold War-era agencies with the current USAID Administrator. It also revokes a prior related executive order from 2004.

Federal Register Open PDF 70 FR 12961

Record & deadlines

Mar 14, 2005Signed
Signed by the President
Mar 17, 2005FR published
Published in the Federal Register · 70 FR 12961
Federal Register PDF
Mar 14, 2005
EO effective; salary adjustments and agency reference updates take effect; EO 13325 revoked

Key directives

Amend Section 4 of EO 12293 to establish new salary ranges for three Senior Foreign Service classes
Replace references to defunct agencies (International Communication Agency, US International Development Cooperation Agency) with USAID Administrator
Revoke EO 13325 of January 23, 2004

Prior policy

amendExecutive Order 12293, Section 4 (salary ranges for Senior Foreign Service classes)
amendExecutive Order 12293, Section 2 (agency references)
revokeExecutive Order 13325 of January 23, 2004

Related orders

What to expect

Immediate

Salary range adjustments take effect
Agency reference updates applied
EO 13325 revoked

Near term (90d)

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Long term

Ongoing compensation structure for Senior Foreign Service

Risks & tensions

No reported tensions; routine administrative update consolidating prior adjustments
Salary ranges tied to Executive Schedule levels, which may shift with subsequent congressional action
Revocation of EO 13325 without explicit explanation of its provisions leaves some uncertainty about what specific prior authority is removed