Executive Order 12833: Addition to Level V of the Executive Schedule: Transition Manager for the United States Enrichment Corporation
Summary
EO 12833 added the Transition Manager for the United States Enrichment Corporation to Level V of the Executive Schedule. Bush signed it January 19, 1993. It was a narrow pay-classification amendment during an institutional transition, not the creation of USEC or a permanent presidential guarantee of a particular individual’s salary.
Status: Completed/expired. No. There is no continuing assignment under this provision. EO 12841 removed the transition-manager position from the Level V list on March 9, 1993.
Key facts at a glance
| Signed | January 19, 1993 |
|---|---|
| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Federal Register | 58 FR 5907; published January 22, 1993 |
| Current label | Completed/expired |
| Amended by | No amendment listed in the reviewed disposition; see later-law qualifications below |
| Related orders | EO 12154, EO 12841 |
| Checked | October 25, 2026 |
What it requires today
The original text added a new subsection to EO 12154’s list of Level V positions. The amendment identified an office rather than naming an appointee or setting a dollar amount. The Executive Schedule’s statutory pay framework supplied the surrounding legal structure.
EO 12841 removed the transition-manager entry in March 1993. The completed classification should therefore not be presented as a current pay authority for a modern company executive or as an office that necessarily continues to exist.
An appointment, a position’s classification and an individual payment are separate events. This order addressed classification only. It did not itself select an officeholder, determine every employment condition or establish that any particular payment was actually made.
Who it affects
The transition manager and federal officials administering the Executive Schedule were the direct subjects. Later corporate officers or employees cannot assume the old designation applies to them because an organization has a historically related name. The actual office and current statutory setting are essential.
How it came about
The short-lived amendment belongs to the creation and transition setting for USEC. Its signature was one day before the presidential inauguration, and publication followed on January 22. Attribution is therefore to George H. W. Bush. A later compilation issue covering a different administration should not be used to change that historical fact.
What agencies did under it
The original signed Federal Register text adds the transition-manager subsection. The current statutory executive-document notes under 5 U.S.C. 5317 preserve EO 12154’s amendment history, including the March removal. Together they establish both the original narrow effect and why the guide uses a completed label.
EO 12841 also addressed the Commissioner on Aging’s schedule treatment. That separate change should not be confused with the USEC transition-manager entry. A summary saying that every provision of the later order concerned USEC would be inaccurate.
The relevant legal unit is the position entered in the list. Executive Schedule provisions can distinguish offices and levels even when their titles sound similar. A present-day reader should identify the exact historical position before drawing conclusions from a list amendment; a general reference to an enrichment enterprise is not enough.
The March 1993 removal is particularly useful evidence because the original instrument contains no broad description of program completion. Rather than guessing an implied sunset from the word transition, the guide relies on the later instrument that actually removes the entry. That direct relationship supports the completed classification without requiring speculation about the last day a named person performed duties.
Classification also does not establish tenure. An office can be listed at a pay level without the classification instrument appointing anyone, guaranteeing continued employment or specifying removal protection. Those questions arise under other legal instruments and personnel records. The executive order’s narrow effect should not be stretched to resolve them.
The original amendment’s short length is itself informative. It adds one subsection to an existing order and cites the statutory designation authority. It does not contain a broad transfer of functions, a public-benefit program or a new regulatory mandate for private businesses. A guide should describe that modest legal action rather than importing the entire subsequent history of the corporation into its operative command.
The linked EO 12841 guide allows readers to follow the removal as a distinct presidential act. EO 12154 is the surrounding list that both instruments amend. Keeping all three documents separate makes the status understandable: a list can continue operating after one added position has been removed, and the narrow addition can be completed without the entire list expiring.
The checked date on this guide is the date of the editorial review, not the date on which the historical position ended. The operative chronology remains January 19, 1993 for the addition and March 9, 1993 for removal. This distinction avoids a misleading impression that the designation lasted until the modern review. It also explains why the guide remains in the archive after completion: a completed order can still be historically useful, especially when it records a specific change to an executive pay list.
Implementation records: Executive Schedule statutory notes and removal history; Original pay-list amendment.
Amendments and family tree
EO 12833 amended EO 12154. EO 12841 subsequently removed the specific transition-manager designation. The guide does not describe this as a wholesale revocation of every Executive Schedule provision or as repeal of the underlying statute. Its completed status is limited to the assignment made by this instrument.
Related guides: EO 12841.
Court cases
No court ruling specifically on EO 12833 was found in the official presidential, disposition and agency sources examined as of October 25, 2026. The status assessment for this instrument is: No. There is no continuing assignment under this provision. EO 12841 removed the transition-manager position from the Level V list on March 9, 1993.
Common questions
Did this create USEC?
No. Its operative action was adding one transition-manager position to an executive pay-level list. The institution’s establishment had a separate statutory basis.
Did it set a dollar salary?
No. It designated a level within the statutory Executive Schedule framework. An actual payment requires the applicable law and personnel action.
Why use Completed/expired rather than In effect?
The specific position entry was removed by EO 12841 on March 9, 1993. Treating the original addition as a current assignment would mislead readers.
Did the later order concern only this office?
No. EO 12841 also addressed the Commissioner on Aging. The separate changes must not be merged into a single USEC event.
Legal basis
The order cites 5 U.S.C. 5317, which provides a presidential designation setting for additional Executive Schedule positions within statutory limits. A designation in an executive list is not an appropriation and does not establish entitlement to money without the applicable appointment and pay authorities.
Further reading
Sources
Cite this page
EO Explained, “Executive Order 12833: Addition to Level V of the Executive Schedule: Transition Manager for the United States Enrichment Corporation”, checked October 25, 2026. https://eoexplained.com/historic-orders/historic-12833-addition-to-level-v-of-the-executive-schedule-transition-manager-for-the-united-states-enrichment-corporation. Include an access date when citing this dated account. For the presidential instrument itself, cite 58 FR 5907 and the official text.
Last checked
. EO 12833 was checked against its signed record, current disposition and cited implementation sources for the status and scope described above. Report an error or a later official source.