Executive Order 12944: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances
President: Bill Clinton
Set 1995 civilian, judicial, congressional, executive and uniformed-service pay and allowance schedules, replacing the 1993 and 1994 pay orders.
Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 12944 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12944 was superseded. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 12944 do?
EO 12944 prescribed the federal pay schedules that took effect at the start of 1995. It covered the General Schedule, Foreign Service, Veterans Health Administration, Senior Executive Service, Executive Schedule, Congress, judges and the uniformed services, together with interim geographic adjustments. It superseded EOs 12826 and 12886. Because it was an annual pay-setting instrument, its 1995 rates were later replaced by subsequent statutes and annual presidential pay orders.
Before and after
Before the order
The 1994 schedules and earlier interim geographic adjustments controlled.
After the order
The attached 1995 schedules governed until later pay legislation and orders took effect.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| Payroll agencies | Apply the attached civilian and executive schedules | First applicable 1995 pay period |
| Uniformed services | Apply monthly pay and allowance schedules | January 1, 1995 |
| OPM and named departments | Administer interim geographic adjustments | During the covered period |
What happened next
EO 12944 was signed.
Uniformed-service rates took effect.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
The President acted under several pay statutes and appropriations provisions. The schedules remained subject to the authorizing statutes and were time-specific rather than continuing pay law.
Sources by type
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Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — EO 12944 (opens in a new tab) Order text
- OPM — federal pay administration (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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