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Executive Order 13641

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

This executive order implements statutorily-mandated pay rate adjustments for federal civilian employees, senior executives, military personnel, judges, and certain elected officials for 2013, maintaining 2010 pay levels through 2013 as required by continuing appropriations laws. It supersedes the prior December 2012 order and sets specific effective dates for military pay (January 1, 2013) and other schedules (first pay period on or after January 1, 2013).

Federal Register Open PDF 78 FR 21503

Impact dates

  1. OPM Director to publish locality pay notice in Federal Register (no specific deadline stated)

  2. Schedule 8 (uniformed services pay) effective date

  3. All other schedules effective on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2013

Key directives

  • Set statutory pay system rates (General Schedule, Foreign Service, VA schedules) per attached schedules
  • Set Senior Executive Service pay ranges per Schedule 4
  • Set Executive Schedule, Vice President, Congressional, and judicial salaries per Schedules 5-7
  • Set uniformed services monthly basic pay rates per Schedule 8
  • Implement locality-based comparability payments per Schedule 9
  • Set administrative law judge pay rates per Schedule 10
  • OPM Director to implement locality payments and publish Federal Register notice
  • Supersede Executive Order 13635 effective as of schedules' effective dates

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Order signed April 5, 2013
  • Military pay rates retroactively effective January 1, 2013
  • Other schedules effective first pay period on or after January 1, 2013

Near term (90d)

  • OPM to publish locality pay notices in Federal Register

Long term

  • Maintains frozen pay structure through 2013 per statutory requirement

Risks & tensions

  • Pay freeze through 2013 may affect federal recruitment and retention
  • Retroactive effective date for military pay (January 1) predates signing (April 5), creating administrative complexity for back-pay processing
  • Vague timing for OPM Federal Register publication—no explicit deadline specified
  • Continuing resolution dependency creates uncertainty for future pay adjustments beyond 2013
Executive Order 13641: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay · Executive Orders