The CRS report meanwhile noted that there are several exceptions to the general cap of executive schedule level IV. For example, in DoD’s NSPS system, the cap is 5 percent above level IV, a difference of nearly $8,000. In addition, the GAO pay banding system uses a cap of executive schedule level III, currently $162,900. The report said that in light of those differences, "other agencies may ask Congress for agency-specific pay cap relief."