Executive Order 11691—Adjusting Rates of Pay for Certain Statutory Pay Systems

By virtue of the authority vested in me by subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5 of the United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

General Schedule

SECTION 1. The rates of basic pay in the General Schedule contained in section 5332(a) of title 5 of the United States Code are adjusted as follows:

Schedules for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration

SEC. 2. The schedules contained in section 4107 of title 38 of the United States Code, for certain positions within the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, are adjusted as follows:

"Section 4103 Schedule

"Associate Deputy Chief Medical Director, the annual rate provided for positions in level V of the Executive Schedule.
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $41,734*.
"Medical Director, $36,103 minimum* to $40,915 maximum*.
"Director of Nursing Service, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.
"Director of Chaplain Service, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.
"Chief Pharmacist, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.
"Chief Dietitian, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.

"Physician and Dentist Schedule

"Director grade, $31,203 minimum to $39,523 maximum*.
"Executive grade, $28,996 minimum to $37,699 maximum*.
"Chief grade, $26,898 minimum to $34,971 maximum.
"Senior grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum.
"Full grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum.
"Associate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum.

"*The salary for employees at these rates is limited by section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule (as of the effective date of this salary adjustment, $36,000).

"Nurse Schedule

"Assistant Director grade, $23,088 minimum to $30,018 maximum.
"Chief grade, $19,700 minimum to $25,613 maximum.
"Senior grade, $16,682 minimum to $21,686 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $13,996 minimum to $18,190 maximum.
"Full grade, $11,614 minimum to $15,097 maximum.
"Associate grade, $10,012 minimum to $13,018 maximum.
"Junior grade, $8,572 minimum to $11,146 maximum."

Foreign Service Schedules

SEC. 3. (a) The per annum salaries of Foreign Service officers in the schedule contained in section 412 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 867), are adjusted as follows:

(b) The per annum salaries of staff officers and employees in the schedule contained in section 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 870(a)), are adjusted as follows:

Salary Limitation

SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the rates of basic pay or salaries established by sections 1, 2, and 3 of this order, under section 5308 of title 5 of the United States Code no rate of basic pay or salary may be paid which is in excess of the rate now or hereafter provided for level V of the Executive Schedule.

Conversion Rules

SEC. 5. The agencies hereinafter designated shall prescribe such rules as may he necessary to convert the rates of basic pay or salaries of officers and employees to the rates prescribed in this order:

(1) General Schedule, the Civil Service Commission;

(2) Schedules for the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration, the Veterans' Administration;

(3) Foreign Service schedules, the Department of State.

Effective Date

SEC. 6. Consistent with the provisions of section 3 of the Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971, this order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1973.

RICHARD NIXON

The White House,

December 15, 1972.