Automated Sync Active • Database updated as of Recent • Browse All Orders →
★
Executive Orders Archive

Every President • 1789 to Present
Search orders...
Executive Order 12200 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 12200—Federal Civilian and Military Pay Rates

Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
•
Wednesday, March 12, 1980
•
2 min read (348 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Jimmy Carter on 1980-03-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Federal Civilian and Military Pay Rates." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 12165 are amended by substituting therefor the revised Schedules 1 through 7 which are attached hereto and made a part hereof.
▪ 12165 is amended to read "Public Law 94-82, 89 Stat.
▪ 12165 is further amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows: "(c) Judicial Salaries (28 U.S.C.
▪ 12165 are further amended by adding thereto a new Schedule 8, setting forth Judicial Salaries, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
348
2,096 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
📜

Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 12200, Jimmy Carter (Mar 12, 1980). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-12200-federal-civilian-and-military-pay-rates.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in accord with Section 101 (c) of Public Law 96-86 approved October 12, 1979, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1-101. In order to provide notice of the effect of appropriations limitations on the payable rates of salary and basic pay, additional footnotes are added to each of the pay schedules attached to Executive Order No. 12165 of October 9, 1979. 1-102. In order to preserve existing comparability in new Senior Executive Service positions for purposes of applying the recent appropriations limitations, comparable pay levels are designated in an additional footnote to Schedule 4 attached to Executive Order No. 12165. 1-103. Schedules 1 through 7 attached to Executive Order No. 12165 are amended by substituting therefor the revised Schedules 1 through 7 which are attached hereto and made a part hereof. These new schedules are identical to the original schedules except for the addition of asterisks and new footnotes which reflect new maximum limitations on payable rates of salary and basic pay. The scheduled rates of pay and allowances have not been altered. These new schedules therefore supersede the original schedules. 1-104. To make a technical correction, the statutory reference "89 Stat. 419, 28 U.S.C. 461" in the first clause of Section 1-103 of Executive Order No. 12165 is amended to read "Public Law 94-82, 89 Stat. 419". 1-105. (a) Section 1-103 of Executive Order No. 12165 is further amended by adding a new subsection (c) as follows: "(c) Judicial Salaries (28 U.S.C. 5, 44(d), 135, 173, 213, 252, 792(b) and 11 U.S.C. 68(a) and Sections 401(a), 404 (a), 404(b), and 404(d) of Public Law 95-598) at Schedule 8.". (b) Schedules 1 through 7 of Executive Order No. 12165 are further amended by adding thereto a new Schedule 8, setting forth Judicial Salaries, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. JIMMY CARTER The White House, March 12, 1980. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:59 a.m., March 13, 1980]