Defense and national security

Executive Order 12984: Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances

President: Bill Clinton

Set 1996 federal civilian salary schedules, military basic pay and related allowances under annual statutory adjustment authorities.

Status: Superseded. Is Executive Order 12984 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12984 was superseded. See Executive Order 13033: Executive Order 13033 of December 27, 1996.

What does Executive Order 12984 do?

EO 12984 prescribed 1996 civilian and uniformed-service pay schedules under annual statutory authorities. The Office of Personnel Management’s FY 1996 publication reproduced General Schedule rates adjusted by the order and said they applied from the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1996. An individual’s actual pay still depended on position, grade, locality and other governing rules. EO 12990 later amended the uniformed-service provisions; EO 13033 superseded the annual schedules for 1997.

SignedDecember 28, 1995
Pay year1996
Later amendmentEO 12990

Before and after

Before the order

1995 schedules governed until the new annual rates took effect.

After the order

Covered civilian and military personnel received the 1996 schedules until the next annual order.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
OPM and payroll agenciesApply the new civilian schedules1996 pay cycle
Defense and uniformed servicesApply military pay and allowancesAs adjusted for 1996

What happened next

EO 12984 prescribed the 1996 rates.

OPM’s published civilian schedule became effective.

EO 12990 amended uniformed-service rates.

EO 13033 superseded both orders for the next cycle.