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

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

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can limit the total pay for senior executives who work for nonappropriated fund organizations under DoD control. The aim is to make their total pay match what Department of Defense senior executives in the Senior Executive Service or other top DoD executive jobs receive. The Secretary must set rules for how to compare pay and must follow subsections (a) and (b) of 5 U.S.C. 5382 when doing so. The Secretary may act without following 5 U.S.C. 5373. Compensation includes the basic pay rate. “Senior Executive Service position” means the SES jobs defined in 5 U.S.C. 3132.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §1587a

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

(f)In this section:

(1)The term “compensation” includes rate of basic pay.

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

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10 U.S.C. § 1587a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60