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E.O.13177

National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade and President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 76558

Implements a federal law by detailing the membership, duties, and administration of the National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade, an 11-member body including private-sector, academic, and executive branch representatives, chaired by the Office of Management and Budget. The Commission is directed to study foreign offset requirements in defense purchasing, their effects on industry and national security, and to report to Congress within 12 months, after which it terminates. The order also establishes a parallel President's Council on the Use of Offsets in Commercial Trade, made up of the same members or their designees, to review and report to the President on offsets in commercial trade and their impact on the defense and commercial industrial base. The Department of Defense is directed to provide administrative support and funding for both bodies, and federal agencies must supply requested information to the Council, which terminates when its report is transmitted.'Read the full summary
E.O.13176

Facilitation of a Presidential Transition

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 71233

Establishes a Presidential Transition Coordinating Council to support the transition to the incoming President-elect, made up of senior White House officials and the heads of agencies including the Office of Management and Budget, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Personnel Management, the General Services Administration, the National Archives, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Office of Government Ethics, chaired by the Chief of Staff to the President. The Council is to coordinate assistance to the President-elect, including sharing publicly available information useful to the personnel process. Directs the Administrator of General Services to coordinate orientation activities for prospective presidential appointees and, with other officials, develop a transition directory describing agency structures and authorities. Directs the White House Office of Presidential Personnel to compile a catalogue of Senate-confirmed positions, including their legal basis, duties, relevant congressional committees, and knowledgeable contacts. Requires agencies to prepare orientation materials for new political appointees before inauguration and share them with the incoming transition team, and calls for a transition agreement setting out procedures and contacts between the outgoing administration and the President-elect's office.Read the full summary
E.O.13175

Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 67249

Directs federal agencies to establish regular, meaningful consultation with tribal officials when developing regulations or legislative proposals that have substantial direct effects on Indian tribes. Sets out guiding principles recognizing tribal self-government and sovereignty, and instructs agencies to defer to tribal standards where possible. Requires each agency to designate, within 30 days, an official responsible for implementing the order, and to submit a description of its consultation process to the Office of Management and Budget within 60 days. Restricts agencies from issuing regulations with tribal implications that impose unfunded compliance costs or preempt tribal law unless specific consultation and reporting steps are followed. Directs agencies to streamline tribal waiver-application processes and generally decide waiver requests within 120 days. Requires certifications of compliance when submitting regulations or legislation to the Office of Management and Budget. Revokes Executive Order 13084 and states the order does not create enforceable legal rights. Applies to executive agencies, with independent regulatory agencies encouraged, but not required, to comply.Read the full summary
E.O.13174

Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 65705

Establishes the Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy, made up of up to 14 members appointed by the President, including representatives of state or local workforce and community development agencies, economists, labor organizations, business leaders, and members of Congress, with a chairperson designated by the President. Directs the commission to study how international trade, technology, globalization, and changing work patterns affect workers and communities, evaluate federal adjustment programs, and examine training strategies, public-private partnerships, and income support programs. Requires the commission to submit a report to the President and Congress within 12 months of its first meeting, including best practices and any recommended legislative or administrative actions. The Department of Labor will provide funding and administrative support, and the Secretary of Labor will carry out related Federal Advisory Committee Act functions. The commission will terminate 30 days after submitting its report.Read the full summary
E.O.13173

Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 64579

Establishes an Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley, made up of numerous cabinet secretaries and agency heads (or their designees), with the chairmanship rotating annually among the Secretaries of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Commerce. The task force is directed to coordinate federal programs affecting the Valley, analyze relevant policies and data, develop short- and long-term strategies for sustainable economic development, consult with state, tribal, and local governments and other stakeholders, and focus initial efforts on pilot communities. It must submit an interim report to the President by January 15, 2001, and annual reports by September 15 for five years describing progress. Member agencies must report their actions to the task force chair one month before each report is due. The order applies to Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and Tulare counties in California, and states it creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summary
E.O.13172

Amendment to Executive Order 13078, To Expand the Role of the National Task Force on Employment of Adults With Disabilities To Include a Focus on Youth

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 64577

Amends Executive Order 13078 by adding a new provision expanding the National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities to also focus on youth with disabilities. Directs executive departments and agencies to coordinate with the Task Force to strengthen interagency research, demonstration, and training on issues affecting young people with disabilities, create a public awareness campaign on equal opportunity, promote youth views through collaboration with Youth Councils under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, expand access to health insurance and care through a Federal Healthy and Ready to Work Interagency Council, increase participation in postsecondary education and training, and establish a nationally representative Youth Advisory Council funded and chaired by the Department of Labor to advise the Task Force on these and related activities.Read the full summary
E.O.13171

Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 61251

Directs the head of each federal executive department and agency to establish a program to recruit and develop Hispanic employees, aiming to address their underrepresentation in the federal civilian workforce. Agencies must create recruitment plans, remove systemic barriers to hiring and promotion, broaden outreach for the Senior Executive Service, include diversity accomplishments in managers' performance plans, form advisory councils with Hispanic Employment Program Managers, implement prior Office of Personnel Management initiatives, provide diversity training, and incorporate these goals into required performance plans under the Government Performance and Results Act. Agencies are told to cooperate with public and private organizations and Hispanic groups where useful. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management must issue implementing regulations within 180 days, establish an interagency task force within 60 days to meet twice yearly, and issue an annual progress report to the President, the first within one year. The order states it creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summary
E.O.13170

Increasing Opportunities and Access for Disadvantaged Businesses

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 60827

Directs federal agencies with procurement authority to increase contracting opportunities for Small Disadvantaged Businesses, firms in the Small Business Administration's section 8(a) program, and Minority Business Enterprises. Agencies must widely publicize contracting opportunities, use price evaluation preferences, enforce subcontracting goals, offer training and technical assistance, and establish goals of at least 5 percent participation for disadvantaged businesses in prime and subcontract awards, within an overall 23 percent small-business goal. Agencies must submit implementation plans to the Office of Management and Budget within 90 days and report annually by April 30. The Small Business Administration must evaluate results semi-annually and ensure public disclosure of procurement data. Sets requirements for advertising contracts, information technology procurements, General Services Administration schedules, and review of bundled contracts. Directs the Secretary of Commerce and the Small Business Administration to jointly study a possible awards program and report to the President within 90 days. Requests independent agencies to comply, and states the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary
E.O.13169

Assistance to Small Business Exporters and Dislocated

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 60581

Directs several federal agencies to help small businesses, including those headed by women, minorities, or located in rural areas, benefit from new trade opportunities with China, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean Basin, and to speed up assistance to workers displaced by import competition. Within 60 days, the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor, the Small Business Administration Administrator, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Export-Import Bank Chairman must set up an interagency task force under the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee to promote small-business exports, with an annual report to the President. The Secretary of Labor must expedite responses to worker layoffs by gathering layoff information, improving outreach and websites, creating a national toll-free help line, offering on-site technical assistance for major layoffs, and, where funding allows, supporting outreach for workers indirectly affected by import competition. Labor must also report annually, with Commerce and the Trade Representative, on employment effects of normalized trade relations with China. The order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary
E.O.13168

President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 58217

Establishes the President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health, made up of up to 10 members chosen by the Secretary of Agriculture, including tobacco producers, quota holders, public health experts, government representatives, and economic development specialists. Two co-chairs report to the President through the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The commission is to study changes in the tobacco farming economy and recommend ways to support communities dependent on tobacco while addressing public health concerns, including youth smoking. It may hold hearings and form subcommittees, and federal agencies must supply information it requests. It must give the President a preliminary report by December 31, 2000, and a final report six months after its first meeting. The Department of Agriculture provides funding and administrative support. The commission terminates 30 days after its final report, or within two years, unless the President extends it.Read the full summary
E.O.13166

Improving Access to Services for Persons With Limited English Proficiency

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 50121

Directs federal agencies to improve access to their programs and services for people with limited English proficiency. Each agency must examine the services it provides directly and develop a plan, consistent with Department of Justice guidance issued alongside the order, to ensure meaningful access for these individuals, developing and beginning to implement such plans within 120 days. Agencies that provide federal financial assistance must also draft guidance for their recipients, tailored to the Department of Justice's standards, explaining how recipients must ensure access for limited-English-proficient applicants and beneficiaries under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; this recipient guidance must be submitted to the Department of Justice for approval within 120 days and then published in the Federal Register for public comment. Agencies must consult with affected individuals, organizations, and recipients when developing their approaches. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and is intended only to guide internal executive branch management.”,Read the full summary
E.O.13165

Creation of the White House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports and Authorization for the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy To Serve as the United States Government's Representative on the Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 49469

Establishes a White House Task Force on Drug Use in Sports, made up of representatives from agencies including the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Education, and others, co-chaired by the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the vice chairs of the White House Olympic Task Force. The Task Force is directed to develop recommendations for the President on executive and legislative actions to address doping and drug use in sports, considering athlete health and safety, competitive integrity, and input from state and local governments and the public. The order also authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to serve as the U.S. government's representative on the board of the World Anti-Doping Agency and to take necessary actions in that role, and allows federal employees to serve on WADA committees in their official capacity.Read the full summary
E.O.13164

Requiring Federal Agencies To Establish Procedures To Facilitate the Provision of Reasonable Accommodation

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 46565

Directs each federal agency to establish written procedures for processing requests for reasonable accommodation from employees and job applicants with disabilities, covering the application process, performing job duties, and access to workplace benefits. The procedures should explain how requests may be made, set timeframes for decisions, describe employees' responsibilities to provide medical information, outline agencies' rights to request or independently review medical information, address reassignment as a possible accommodation, require written explanations for denials, ensure confidential recordkeeping, and encourage informal dispute resolution while informing employees of their right to file Equal Employment Opportunity complaints. Agencies must submit their procedures, and any later changes, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission within one year, and must meet collective bargaining obligations when adopting them. The Commission must issue implementation guidance within 90 days. The order states it does not limit rights under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summary
E.O.13163

Increasing the Opportunity for Individuals With Disabilities To Be Employed in the Federal Government

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 46563

Directs federal agencies to increase employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities, citing a goal of hiring 100,000 qualified individuals with disabilities across the Federal Government over the next five years. Agencies are told to use existing hiring authorities, expand outreach efforts through traditional and nontraditional methods, and improve accommodations for disabled employees, while the order clarifies it does not require creating new positions or changing qualification standards. Each federal agency must prepare a plan for increasing such opportunities and submit it to the Office of Personnel Management within 60 days. The Office of Personnel Management is directed to issue guidance implementing the order's provisions. The order states it is intended only to improve internal executive branch management and does not create any legally enforceable rights or benefits for outside parties.Read the full summary
E.O.13162

Federal Career Intern Program

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 43211

Establishes the Federal Career Intern Program to recruit people with varied professional and academic backgrounds into federal careers focused on analyzing and implementing public programs. Directs the Office of Personnel Management to create merit-based procedures for recruiting, screening, placing, and developing Career Interns, including safeguards for equal employment opportunity and veterans' preference. Interns are appointed to excepted-service positions at GS-5, 7, or 9 or equivalent trainee levels for up to two years, extendable by one more year with OPM approval. Sets rules on tenure, including that internships generally confer no further employment rights, though satisfactory completion can lead to competitive civil service status, and employees who held prior career appointments and leave the program without misconduct must be restored to a comparable position. Requires OPM to prescribe regulations and oversee the program, and revokes Executive Order 12596 of May 7, 1987.Read the full summary
E.O.13161

Establishment of the Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 41543

Establishes the Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers, to recognize law enforcement officers, correctional and parole officers, firefighters, and emergency responders employed by federal, state, tribal, or local government agencies who show extraordinary valor beyond the call of duty. Directs the Attorney General to recommend eligible recipients to the President by April 1 each year, with up to ten people selected annually, and allows the Attorney General to consult with representatives from law enforcement, firefighting, and emergency services in making recommendations. Presentation of the medal is to take place during Police Week, which surrounds May 15's Peace Officers Memorial Day. The Attorney General must submit medal and certificate designs for presidential approval by December 1, 2000, and the Department of Justice will prepare the medals and certificates. The medal may be awarded posthumously.Read the full summary
E.O.13160

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in Federally Conducted Education and Training Programs

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 39775

Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, sexual orientation, or status as a parent in education and training programs directly conducted by federal executive departments and agencies, such as internships, scholarships, occupational training, and similar activities. Exempts military education and training programs, authorized intelligence activities, existing affirmative action plans, certain culturally relevant Bureau of Indian Affairs programs, and some age- or national-origin-based selections tied to national security or foreign policy. Directs the Attorney General to issue rules defining covered programs, discriminatory conduct, enforcement procedures, and remedies, and requires agencies to set up complaint procedures within 90 days of those rules. Establishes a complaint and investigation process for aggrieved individuals, with agencies determining discipline consistent with civil service law, though it does not authorize monetary relief. Requires agencies to report complaint data to the Attorney General annually for three years, then every three years. States it creates no enforceable legal rights against the government but does not preclude judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act.Read the full summary
E.O.13159

Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 39279

Declares a national emergency concerning the risk of nuclear proliferation from large stocks of weapons-usable fissile material in Russia, citing the need to fully implement the 1993 U.S.-Russia agreement on converting highly enriched uranium from Russian nuclear weapons into low-enriched reactor fuel. Directs all federal department and agency heads to take appropriate measures to support full implementation of that agreement and related contracts. Blocks Government of the Russian Federation property and interests in property in the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, that relate directly to implementing the agreement, protecting them from attachment, judgment, lien, garnishment, or other judicial process, in order to ensure proper transfer of payments due to Russia. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Energy, to issue rules and regulations and use International Emergency Economic Powers Act authorities to carry out the order, and allows redelegation of these functions. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and took effect June 22, 2000.Read the full summary
E.O.13158

Marine Protected Areas

·William J. Clinton·65 FR 34909

Directs federal agencies with relevant authority to strengthen protection of existing marine protected areas and establish new ones covering coastal and ocean waters, the Great Lakes, and other waters under U.S. jurisdiction. Directs the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior, consulting with the Department of Defense, State Department, EPA, and other agencies, to develop a national system of marine protected areas, including scientific assessments, monitoring criteria, and coordination with states, territories, and tribes. Establishes a Marine Protected Area Federal Advisory Committee and a Marine Protected Area Center within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and requires a joint public website listing designated areas. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to propose science-based Clean Water Act regulations to protect marine waters from pollution. Requires agencies to avoid harming protected resources through their actions and to publish annual reports on compliance. States it does not alter existing jurisdictional authorities, affect Indian treaty rights, or create enforceable legal rights.Read the full summary