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Executive Order 13393: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

President: George W. Bush

Set a 2.1% statutory base-pay increase for 2006; OPM reported a 3.1% overall average including locality pay. EO 13420 later superseded it.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 13393 still in effect? No. Executive Order 13393 was superseded. See Executive Order 13420: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay.

What does Executive Order 13393 do?

Signed on December 22, 2005 and published on December 27, 2005, EO 13393 set 2006 pay schedules for the General Schedule, Foreign Service, certain Veterans Health Administration staff, the Senior Executive Service and other listed positions. OPM distinguished the 2.1% statutory basic-pay increase from the 3.1% overall average authorized in the 2006 appropriations act. The order assigned locality percentages by area, so the overall average was not a uniform personal raise. OPM's civilian tables generally took effect with the pay period starting January 8, 2006. EO 13420 later superseded this annual schedule.

SignedDecember 22, 2005
PublishedDecember 27, 2005
Authority named5 U.S.C. 5303(a), 5304 and section 843 of Public Law 109-115
Lead implementing agencyOffice of Personnel Management
General Schedule base adjustment2.1%
OPM overall average3.1%
SupersedesEO 13368
Superseded byEO 13420

Before and after

Before the order

EO 13368 prescribed the preceding annual pay schedules. Congress and the cited pay statutes supplied the terms for the 2006 adjustment.

After the order

EO 13393 issued new statutory, locality and other attached pay schedules for 2006; section 8 expressly superseded EO 13368.

Schedule 8 for uniformed services took effect on January 1, 2006; the other schedules applied from the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1.

EO 13420 signed on December 21, 2006 later replaced these annual schedules.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
PresidentIssued 2006 pay schedules and superseded EO 13368December 22, 2005
Office of Personnel ManagementIssued implementing guidance and civilian salary tablesDecember 22, 2005
Employing agenciesApplied the covered civilian schedules according to their effective datesJanuary 8, 2006

What happened next

EO 13393 signed; OPM issued implementation guidance.

EO 13393 published in the Federal Register.

First generally applicable civilian pay period began.

EO 13420 signed, superseding this annual schedule.

Guide rechecked against the signed orders and OPM implementation memorandum.