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Executive Order 13368: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

President: George W. Bush

Set a 2.5% statutory base-pay increase for 2005; OPM reported a 3.5% overall average including locality pay. EO 13393 later superseded it.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13368 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13368 was superseded. See Executive Order 13393: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay.

What does Executive Order 13368 do?

Signed on December 30, 2004 and published on January 5, 2005, EO 13368 set 2005 pay schedules for the General Schedule, Foreign Service, certain Veterans Health Administration staff, the Senior Executive Service and other listed positions. Section 640 of the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act authorized the 3.5% overall average for General Schedule employees. OPM reported a 2.5% across-the-board base increase; locality payments made the overall average higher. OPM's civilian tables generally took effect with the pay period starting January 9, 2005. EO 13393 later superseded this annual schedule.

SignedDecember 30, 2004
PublishedJanuary 5, 2005
Authority named5 U.S.C. 5303(a), 5304 and section 640 of Division H of Public Law 108-447
Lead implementing agencyOffice of Personnel Management
General Schedule base adjustment2.5%
OPM overall average3.5%
SupersedesEO 13332
Superseded byEO 13393

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13332 prescribed the preceding annual pay schedules. Congress and the cited pay statutes supplied the terms for the 2005 adjustment.

After the order

EO 13368 issued new statutory, locality and other attached pay schedules for 2005; section 8 expressly superseded EO 13332.

Schedule 8 for uniformed services took effect on January 1, 2005; the other schedules applied from the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1.

EO 13393 signed on December 22, 2005 later replaced these annual schedules.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentIssued 2005 pay schedules and superseded EO 13332December 30, 2004
Office of Personnel ManagementIssued implementing guidance and civilian salary tablesDecember 30, 2004
Employing agenciesApplied the covered civilian schedules according to their effective datesJanuary 9, 2005

What happened next

EO 13368 signed; OPM issued implementation guidance.

EO 13368 published in the Federal Register.

First generally applicable civilian pay period began.

EO 13393 signed, superseding this annual schedule.

Guide rechecked against the signed orders and OPM implementation memorandum.