Executive Order 13282: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
President: George W. Bush
Adjusted specified federal civilian and uniformed-service pay rates for 2003 under the statutory compensation framework.
Status: Superseded.
Is Executive Order 13282 still in effect? No. Completed; superseded by later annual pay orders.
What does Executive Order 13282 do?
The order assigned these duties: Office of Personnel Management, Department of Defense and agency payroll offices — Adjusted specified federal civilian and uniformed-service pay rates for 2003 under the statutory compensation framework.
Checked the 2003 pay adjustment against the order and subsequent pay schedule. The guide presents it as a dated rate adjustment, not a current independent pay system.
Before and after
Before the order
Annual pay statutes required a presidential adjustment and publication of the applicable tables.
After the order
Agencies applied the revised pay tables; later annual executive orders superseded these rates.
Later executive orders, statutes and agency rules could amend or replace the presidential direction.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Office of Personnel Management, Department of Defense and agency payroll offices | Adjusted specified federal civilian and uniformed-service pay rates for 2003 under the statutory compensation framework. | Effective with the 2003 pay schedule |
What happened next
EO 13282 signed.
OPM — 2003 pay tables
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The order operated within title 5, military-pay statutes and appropriations and did not create compensation outside those laws.
Sources by type
If a source is unavailable, first check the cited publisher or another official repository. The cited publisher remains the authority.
Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — official executive-order record (opens in a new tab) Official record
- OPM — 2003 pay tables (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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