By virtue of the authority vested in me by subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5 of the United States Code, as amended by the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970, and section 3 (c) of that Act, 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
"Assistant Chief Medical Director, $37,624*.
"Medical Director, $32,546 minimum to $36,886 maximum*.
"Director of Nursing Service, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.
"Director of Chaplain Service, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.
"Chief Pharmacist, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.
"Chief Dietitian, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.
"Physician and Dentist Schedule
"Director grade, $28,129 minimum to $35,633 maximum.
"Executive grade, $26,143 minimum to $33,982 maximum.
"Chief grade, $24,251 minimum to $31,523 maximum.
"Senior grade, $20,815 minimum to $27,061 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $17,761 minimum to $23,089 maximum.
"Full grade, $15,040 minimum to $19,549 maximum.
"Associate grade, $12,615 minimum to $16,404 maximum.
"Nurse Schedule
"Assistant Director grade, $20,815 minimum to $27,061 maximum.
"Chief grade, $17,761 minimum to $23,089 maximum.
"Senior grade, $15,040 minimum to $19,549 maximum.
"Intermediate grade, $12,615 minimum to $16,404 maximum.
"Full grade, $10,470 minimum to $13,611 maximum.
"Associate grade, $9,026 minimum to $11,735 maximum.
"Junior grade, $7,727 minimum to $10,049 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:
Conversion Rules
SEC. 4. The agencies hereinafter designated shall prescribe such rules as may be 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. 5. This order shall take effect as of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 1, 1971.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House
January 8, 1971
NOTE: The Executive order was announced at San Clemente, Calif. It was not issued in the form of a White House press release.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11576—Adjusting Rates of Pay for Certain Statutory Pay Systems Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/255805