Foreign policy and sanctions

Executive Order 13325: Amendment to Executive Order 12293, the Foreign Service of the United States

President: George W. Bush

Set three Senior Foreign Service salary-class ranges under the Foreign Service Act for the 2004 pay transition.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 13325 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13325 was revoked. See Federal Register record. EO 13374 revoked this order.

What does Executive Order 13325 do?

EO 13325 amended EO 12293 section 4: Career Minister 94–100% of Executive Schedule level III, Minister-Counselor 90–100%, and Counselor 120% of GS-15 step 1 up to level III. Conversion preserved the prior basic rate including specified locality pay. EO 13374 amended EO 12293 again and expressly revoked EO 13325 on March 14, 2005. Its replacement rules, rather than the 2004 ranges alone, govern the later framework.

Administration position: The order described its purpose as adjusting Senior Foreign Service pay classes after the changes to Senior Executive Service pay.
SignedJanuary 23, 2004
Earlier frameworkEO 12293 prescribed the earlier Senior Foreign Service pay framework; a 2004 defense authorization changed the related Senior Executive Service pay arrangement.
Responsible bodyPresident and Secretary of State
Later primary evidenceMarch 14, 2005: EO 13374 amended EO 12293 again and expressly revoked EO 13325 on March 14, 2005. Its replacement rules, rather than the 2004 ranges alone, govern the later framework.

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12293 prescribed the earlier Senior Foreign Service pay framework; a 2004 defense authorization changed the related Senior Executive Service pay arrangement.

After the order

EO 13325 amended EO 12293 section 4: Career Minister 94–100% of Executive Schedule level III, Minister-Counselor 90–100%, and Counselor 120% of GS-15 step 1 up to level III. Conversion preserved the prior basic rate including specified locality pay.

EO 13374 amended EO 12293 again and expressly revoked EO 13325 on March 14, 2005. Its replacement rules, rather than the 2004 ranges alone, govern the later framework.

What did the signed order change?

EO 12293 prescribed the earlier Senior Foreign Service pay framework; a 2004 defense authorization changed the related Senior Executive Service pay arrangement. EO 13325 amended EO 12293 section 4: Career Minister 94–100% of Executive Schedule level III, Minister-Counselor 90–100%, and Counselor 120% of GS-15 step 1 up to level III. Conversion preserved the prior basic rate including specified locality pay.

What happened later?

GovInfo — EO 13374 signed replacement documents this later development: EO 13374 amended EO 12293 again and expressly revoked EO 13325 on March 14, 2005. Its replacement rules, rather than the 2004 ranges alone, govern the later framework.

What does that evidence establish?

The ranges came from amended section 4 of EO 12293 and 22 U.S.C. 3962; they took effect on the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2004. EO 13374 explicitly revoked EO 13325. A range is not an across-the-board raise or a current salary table. The cited percentages were 2004 class boundaries, not guaranteed individual increases or current pay rates. The signed order controls its original terms.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
President and Secretary of StateSet class ranges and allowed performance-based adjustment within the governing statuteUnder the signed order and governing law

What happened next

EO 13325 signed.

EO 13374 amended EO 12293 again and expressly revoked EO 13325 on March 14, 2005. Its replacement rules, rather than the 2004 ranges alone, govern the later framework.