The Executive Record

E.O.12957

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources

March 15, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 14615

Declares a national emergency regarding actions and policies of the government of Iran, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act. Prohibits United States persons from entering into or performing contracts that provide overall supervision and management for developing Iranian petroleum resources, from guaranteeing others' performance under such contracts, and from financing such development, along with related guaranties. Also bars any transaction that evades or attempts to evade these prohibitions. Defines key terms including "person," "entity," "United States person," and "Iran." Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue rules and regulations and take other actions needed to implement the order, with authority to delegate these functions to other officials or agencies. Directs all federal agencies to take appropriate measures to carry out the order's provisions. States it creates no enforceable rights against the United States government. Took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on March 16, 1995, and was to be transmitted to Congress and published in the Federal Register.Read the full summary

E.O.12956

Executive Order 12956 of March 13, 1995

March 13, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 14199

Designates the Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for the privileges, exemptions, and immunities that law confers. The designation is issued under the President's authority pursuant to section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act, based on a finding that the Foundation is a public international organization in which the United States participates. The order specifies that this designation does not limit or reduce any privileges, exemptions, or immunities the Foundation has already acquired, or may later acquire, through international agreements or through action by Congress.Read the full summary

E.O.12955

Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM

March 9, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 13365

Extends, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the period during which peaceful nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) may continue, after determining that stopping cooperation would harm U.S. nonproliferation goals and national defense and security. The extension runs through December 31, 1995, continuing a series of prior yearly extensions dating back to earlier executive orders. It formally supersedes Executive Order 12903 as of its effective date. The order applies to U.S. nuclear cooperation arrangements with EURATOM member states and follows notification of Congress of the President's determination.Read the full summary

E.O.12954

Ensuring the Economical and Efficient Administration and Completion of Federal Government Contracts

March 8, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 13023

Sets executive branch policy that federal contracting agencies should not do business with employers that permanently replace lawfully striking workers. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to investigate federal contractors, receive employee complaints, and hold hearings to determine whether a contractor has permanently replaced striking employees. Where such a finding is made, allows the Secretary to recommend termination of the contract for convenience (which the contracting agency head may override in writing) or to debar the contractor from receiving future government contracts, with debarment limited to the affected organizational unit and lasting only until the labor dispute is resolved. Requires publication of debarred contractors' names in the Federal Register. Directs agencies, including the Departments of Labor and Defense, the General Services Administration, and NASA, to cooperate in implementing the order, and allows the Secretary of Labor to delegate duties and issue regulations. Applies only to contracts above the Simplified Acquisition Threshold and only to replacements occurring after the order's effective date, which is immediate.Read the full summary

E.O.12953

Actions Required of all Executive Agencies To Facilitate Payment of Child Support

February 27, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 11013

Directs all federal agencies, including the Uniformed Services, to act as a model employer in supporting child support enforcement for their employees' and members' children. Within 60 days, agencies must review wage-withholding procedures for compliance with federal law, and within 90 days report to the Office of Management and Budget on compliance actions and any barriers encountered. Agencies must assist with service of legal process for paternity and support cases, cooperate with the Federal Parent Locator Service, conduct annual crossmatches of payroll records against state delinquent-obligor lists, and inform employees of available child support services. The Office of Personnel Management must publish lists of designated agents and officials annually starting July 1, 1995. The Department of Defense, with Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Transportation, must review support practices for military families and report within 180 days. OPM and HHS must jointly develop further policy recommendations within 180 days. The order creates no enforceable legal rights and does not waive federal sovereign immunity or override national security interests.Read the full summary

E.O.12952

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12950

February 24, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 11011

Amends Executive Order 12950 by adding the International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers to the attached list of labor organizations covered by that order.

E.O.12951

Release of Imagery Acquired by Space-Based National Intelligence Reconnaissance Systems

February 22, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 10789

Directs that imagery collected by the Corona, Argon, and Lanyard space-based national intelligence reconnaissance missions be declassified and transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration, with a copy to the U.S. Geological Survey, within 18 months, after which it must be made publicly available. Directs the Director of Central Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Defense, to set up a program periodically reviewing imagery from other, non-Corona/Argon/Lanyard reconnaissance systems for possible public release, completing review of obsolete broad-area film-return systems within five years and reviewing other obsolete systems on a timetable the Director sets; the Director must report annually to the President on implementation. States that this order is the exclusive framework governing public release of such imagery under the Freedom of Information Act's national security exemption, and specifies it creates no enforceable rights for private parties. DefinesRead the full summary

E.O.12950

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations

February 22, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 10475

Establishes a three-member emergency board under section 9A of the Railway Labor Act to investigate labor disputes between Metro North Commuter Railroad and employees represented by a list of labor organizations, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, and several other unions. Board members may not have financial or other interests in any railroad carrier or railroad labor organization. The board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, after which it terminates. For 120 days from the board's creation, neither the carrier nor the employees may change the conditions that gave rise to the disputes, except by mutual agreement. The board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and, once the board dissolves, will be kept in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board.Read the full summary

E.O.12949

Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches

February 9, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 8169

Authorizes the Attorney General, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as amended, to approve physical searches without a court order for up to one year to collect foreign intelligence information, provided required certifications are made. Also authorizes the Attorney General to approve applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for orders permitting such physical searches. Designates specific national security officials—the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and their deputies—as authorized to make the certifications required to support these search applications. States that none of these officials, or anyone acting in that role, may exercise this certification authority unless they were appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.Read the full summary

E.O.12948

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12898

January 30, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 6381

Amends section 1-103(e) of Executive Order 12898 by replacing the original 12-month deadline for a required action with a fixed date of March 24, 1995. It also revises the related reporting period described in that section, changing the reference from a 12-month period starting on the date of the original order to the period running from that date through March 24, 1995. The change affects the timeline set out in Executive Order 12898 for agencies subject to its requirements.Read the full summary

E.O.12947

Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

January 23, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 5079

Declares a national emergency over acts of violence by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Blocks all property and interests in property held in the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to individuals listed in an attached annex, plus any foreign persons later designated by the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, as having committed or supported such violence, and anyone found by the Treasury Secretary to be acting on their behalf. Prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions, contributions, or donations involving these designated persons, and bars any transaction meant to evade these restrictions. Authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing rules and delegate authority, directs coordination of investigations with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and takes effect January 24, 1995.Read the full summary

E.O.12946

President's Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy

January 20, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 4829

Establishes the President's Advisory Board on Arms Proliferation Policy within the Department of Defense, made up of five privately-appointed members with expertise in weapons proliferation issues, one designated as Chairperson. The Board is to advise the President on conventional arms transfer policy and other arms proliferation matters, reporting through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Executive agency heads must supply information the Board needs, members serve unpaid but receive travel expenses, and the Department of Defense must provide administrative support and designate a research center to assist the Board. Meetings involving national security information may be closed to the public, with the Secretary of Defense or a Senate-confirmed designee authorized to make that call. Board members and staff must agree not to disclose classified information. The Board terminates 30 days after the President submits its final report to Congress.Read the full summary

E.O.12945

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12640

January 20, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 4527

Amends Executive Order 12640 to increase the number of Vice Chair positions on the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities from four to six. It also replaces the terms "Vice Chairman" and "Vice Chairmen" throughout Executive Order 12640 with the gender-neutral terms "Vice Chair" and "Vice Chairs." The change is made under authority related to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.Read the full summary

E.O.12944

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances

December 28, 1994·William J. Clinton·60 FR 309

Sets updated pay rates and allowances for federal employees and officials under various statutory pay systems, attaching schedules covering the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay scales, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, and uniformed services pay and allowances. Directs the Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations applying interim geographic pay adjustments to employees in listed high-cost areas, including United States Park Police. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to extend these geographic adjustments to additional employees at an agency head's request. Sets uniformed services pay and allowance rates effective January 1, 1995, and all other schedules effective at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Orders 12826 and 12886.Read the full summary

E.O.12943

Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 11755

December 13, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 64553

Amends Executive Order 11755 to update its legal citations, replacing a reference to section 4082 of title 18 and the Attorney General with references to sections 3621 and 3622 of title 18 and the Bureau of Prisons. It also adds a new subsection stating that the order's requirements do not apply to purchases made under the micropurchase authority in section 32 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act. The changes are made under authority granted by federal law, including the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, and are intended to improve how the federal government acquires small-cost items.Read the full summary

E.O.12942

Addition to Level V of the Executive Schedule Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans

December 12, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 64551

Amends Executive Order 12154 to add the position of Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans to Level V of the Executive Schedule, the federal pay scale that sets salaries for senior government officials. The change places this specific position within the existing schedule but does not alter other provisions of the prior order.Read the full summary

E.O.12941

Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings

December 1, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 62545

Adopts the Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings, developed by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction, as the minimum requirements federal agencies must use to assess and reduce earthquake risks in buildings they own or lease. Requires agencies to inventory their buildings and estimate mitigation costs within four years, with guidance from the committee due within one year; cost estimates go to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA must notify agencies of the order, report to Congress within six years on achieving adequate seismic safety economically, and issue biennial progress reports. The National Institute of Standards and Technology must provide technical assistance, and agencies may seek exemptions from the Office of Management and Budget. The committee must update the standards at least every five years, or within two years of FEMA publishing its Guidelines for Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings. States that it creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summary

E.O.12940

Amendment to Civil Service Rule VI

November 28, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 61519

Amends Civil Service Rule VI to update which Department of Agriculture positions are excluded from standard civil service protections and competitive hiring because of their confidential or policy-related nature. Following a reorganization of the Department under Public Law 103-354, it specifies that positions serving as State Executive Directors of the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, and State Directors or State Directors-at-Large for Rural Economic and Community Development, are to be listed in Schedule C, a category for policy-related positions exempted from competitive service rules, at all General Schedule grade levels. This order supersedes and replaces the earlier Executive Order 12300, which had previously governed this classification.Read the full summary

E.O.12939

Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Who Served in an Active-Duty Status During the Persian Gulf Conflict

November 22, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 61231

Establishes, under section 1440 of title 8 of the United States Code, the official dates of the Persian Gulf Conflict for purposes of expedited military naturalization, setting the period as beginning August 2, 1990, and ending April 11, 1991. Declares that noncitizens, including aliens and noncitizen nationals, who served honorably in active-duty status in the U.S. Armed Forces during that period qualify for the naturalization exception under section 1440(b), which allows for streamlined citizenship eligibility based on wartime military service.Read the full summary

E.O.12938

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

November 14, 1994·William J. Clinton·59 FR 59099

Declares a national emergency over the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and their delivery systems, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities. Directs the Secretary of State to lead multilateral efforts to curb such proliferation, and directs the Secretaries of State and Commerce to control exports that could help a foreign country acquire weapons of mass destruction. Sets rules for the Commerce Department to restrict exports and require licenses, coordinating with the State and Defense Departments. Authorizes sanctions against foreign persons and foreign countries found to have used, prepared to use, or acquired chemical or biological weapons, including bans on U.S. government contracts, import restrictions, denial of foreign assistance and credit, arms sales prohibitions, export restrictions, and termination of airline landing rights. Lets the Secretary of State lift sanctions when appropriate. Directs agency heads to implement the order and revokes Executive Orders 12735 and 12930. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and takes effect immediately.Read the full summary