For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 28, 2003
Executive Order
Regulations Relating to Hazardous Duty Incentive Pay, Aviation Career Incentive Pay, and Submarine Duty Incentive Pay
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States of America, including sections 301, 301a,
and 301c of title 37, United States Code, and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not
operating as a service in the Navy, with respect to members of the
uniformed services under their respective jurisdictions, are hereby
designated and empowered to exercise, without approval, ratification,
or other action by the President, the authority vested in the President
by sections 301, 301a, and 301c of title 37, United States Code. The
Secretaries shall consult each other in the exercise of such authority
to ensure similar treatment for similarly situated members of the
uniformed services unless the needs of their respective uniformed
services require differing treatment.
Sec. 2. Executive Order 11157 of June 22, 1964, as amended, and
Executive Order 11800 of August 17, 1974, as amended, are hereby
revoked.
Sec. 3. This order is not intended to create, nor does it create,
any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies,
officers, employees, or any other person.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 28, 2003.
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