Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§1587a Employees of Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities: Senior Executive Pay Levels

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 81 — CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 1587a

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense may limit the total pay for senior executives who work for nonappropriated fund organizations under DoD control. The goal is to make their total pay match what other DoD senior executives, like those in the Senior Executive Service, earn. The Secretary will set the rules to compare pay and must follow federal pay-setting rules when fixing pay rates. The Secretary can do this even if other federal pay-limit rules would normally apply. Compensation includes basic pay. A Senior Executive Service position means the federal SES.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1587a

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(a)Authority.—

To achieve the objective stated in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense may regulate the amount of total compensation that is provided for senior executives of nonappropriated fund instrumentalities who, for the fixing of pay by administrative action, are under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department.

(b)Pay Parity.—

The objective of an action taken with respect to the compensation of senior executives under subsection (a) is to provide for parity between the total compensation provided for such senior executives and total compensation that is provided for Department of Defense employees in Senior Executive Service positions or other senior executive positions.

(c)Standards of Comparability.—

Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the standards of comparison that are to apply in the making of the determinations necessary to achieve the objective stated in subsection (b).

(d)Establishment of Pay Rates.—

The Secretary of Defense shall apply subsections (a) and (b) of section 5382 of title 5 in the regulation of compensation under this section.

(e)Relationship to Pay Limitation.—

The Secretary of Defense may exercise the authority provided in subsection (a) without regard to section 5373 of title 5.

(f)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(2)The term “Senior Executive Service position” has the meaning given such term in section 3132 of title 5.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1587a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110