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Executive Order 12736

Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances

Signed by George Herbert Walker Bush on December 12, 1990.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordDecember 12, 1990

The date the President signed it.

Publication record55 FR 51385

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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Reference number
eo-12736
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Power & Politics. "Executive Order 12736: Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances." Last modified October 28, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12736.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12736: Adjustments of certain rates of pay and allowances}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12736}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-12736; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1990.html; last checked October 28, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Supersedes EO 12698, December 23, 1989
Superseded by EO 12786, December 26, 1991

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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