# Executive Order 13420

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Signed by President George W. Bush Thursday, December 21, 2006
Federal Register page & date: 71 FR 77571, Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Executive Order 13420 of December 21, 2006
Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the laws cited herein, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems.
    The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303(a), are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
| (a) | The General Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5332(a)) at Schedule 1; |
| (b) | The Foreign Service Schedule (22 U.S.C. 3963) at Schedule 2; and |
| (c) | The schedules for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs (38 U.S.C. 7306, 7404; section 301(a) of Public Law 102-40) at Schedule 3. |
Sec. 2. Senior Executive Service.
    The ranges of rates of basic pay for senior executives in the Senior Executive Service, as established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5382, are set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 3. Certain Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries.
    The rates of basic pay or salaries for the following offices and positions are set forth on the schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof:
| (a) | The Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5312 5318) at Schedule 5; |
| (b) | The Vice President (3 U.S.C. 104) and the Congress (2 U.S.C. 31, and section 137 of Public Law 109-289, division B, as amended by section 7 of Public Law 109-383) at Schedule 6; and |
| (c) | Justices and judges (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 252, and 461(a); section 140 of Public Law 97-92), at Schedule 7. |
Sec. 4. Uniformed Services.
    Pursuant to section 601(a) (c) of Public Law 109-364, the rates of monthly basic pay (37 U.S.C. 203(a)) for members of the uniformed services, as adjusted under 37 U.S.C. 1009, and the rate of monthly cadet or midshipman pay (37 U.S.C. 203(c)) are set forth on Schedule 8 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 5. Locality-Based Comparability Payments.
| (a) | Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5304a, locality based comparability payments shall be paid in accordance with Schedule 9 attached hereto and made a part hereof. |
| (b) | The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement these payments and to publish appropriate notice of such payments in the Federal Register. |
Sec. 6. Administrative Law Judges.
    The rates of basic pay for administrative law judges, as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5372(b)(4), are set forth on Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Sec. 7. Effective Dates.
    Rates for the Congress, under Schedule 6, are effective on February 16, 2007. Schedule 7 reflects continuation of the pay rates in effect as of the first day of the applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2006. Schedule 8 is effective on January 1, 2007. The other schedules contained herein are effective on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 2007.
Sec. 8. Prior Order Superseded.
    Executive Order 13393 of December 22, 2005, is superseded.

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### Supersedes

* Executive Order 13393, December 22, 2005

### Superseded by

* Executive Order 13454, January 4, 2008
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