E.O.13074

Amendment to Executive Order 12656

February 9, 1998·William J. Clinton·63 FR 7277

Amends Executive Order 12656 by adding a new section 501(16) assigning the Secretary of Defense responsibility, subject to presidential direction and procedures developed jointly with the Secretary of State, for deploying and using military forces to protect United States citizens and nationals overseas, including designated other persons, and to support their evacuation from threatened areas. The change reflects an updated allocation of funding responsibilities for noncombatant evacuation operations.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13073

Year 2000 Conversion

February 4, 1998·William J. Clinton·63 FR 6467

Establishes the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion to coordinate federal efforts addressing the Y2K computer bug, which could cause systems to misread the year 2000 as 1900. Directs federal agencies to ensure no critical program is disrupted by the problem, to help state, local, and tribal governments address it where they depend on federal systems, to cooperate with private-sector operators of banking, telecommunications, public health, transportation, and electric power systems, and to work with foreign counterparts on the issue. The Council, led by a Chair who is an Assistant to the President and includes representatives from executive departments, will oversee agency efforts, act as spokesperson on the issue, and coordinate with state and local governments. The Chair and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget must report jointly to the President at least quarterly. Agency heads must prioritize the issue and cooperate with the Chair. Various interagency councils are directed to support the Chair as requested.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13072

White House Millennium Council

February 2, 1998·William J. Clinton·63 FR 6041

Establishes the White House Millennium Council to lead a national celebration of the new millennium, made up of a Director, Deputy Director, staff, and representatives from a wide range of federal departments and agencies, including State, Treasury, Defense, Justice, and others. The Council is directed to mark historic anniversaries such as the bicentennial of the White House and the U.S. Capitol, plan educational events reflecting on the nation's past and future, produce informational materials, encourage community and citizen participation, recommend funding under the Save America's Treasures program to the Secretary of the Interior for preserving cultural artifacts, coordinate with federal agencies and private and nonprofit organizations, highlight related initiatives, and cooperate with other nations on millennium events. Federal agency heads are directed to provide information and assistance needed for the Council's work. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13071

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay

December 29, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 68521

Sets new rates of basic pay and salaries for federal employees under various statutory pay systems, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and schedules for the Veterans Health Administration, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, Congress, federal judges, and members of the uniformed services. Also establishes locality-based pay adjustments and directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement these payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. The military pay schedule takes effect January 1, 1998, while the other schedules take effect at the start of the first pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 13033 of December 27, 1996. Detailed pay figures are contained in schedules attached to the order.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13070

The Intelligence Oversight Board, Amendment to Executive Order 12863

December 15, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 66493

Amends Executive Order 12863 to change the structure of the Intelligence Oversight Board (IOB), which oversees intelligence activities within the executive branch. Establishes the IOB as a standing committee of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), made up of no more than four members chosen by the President from among PFIAB's membership. Allows the PFIAB Chairman to also chair or serve on the IOB if the President so designates, and permits the IOB Chairman, with the PFIAB Chairman's agreement, to authorize full-time staff and consultants. Also revises the order so that the IOB reports directly to the President.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13069

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to UNITA

December 12, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 65989

Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12865 regarding Angola, the order responds to United Nations Security Council resolutions by imposing restrictions related to UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola. It requires all UNITA offices in the United States to close immediately, and bars U.S. persons or U.S.-based transactions from supplying aircraft or aircraft parts to UNITA or to unauthorized points in Angola, from servicing or insuring UNITA-controlled aircraft, and from allowing flights connected to unauthorized Angolan locations to use U.S. airspace or airports. It also bans transactions designed to evade these prohibitions. The order defines UNITA to include its armed forces, FALA, and affiliated groups such as the Center for Democracy in Angola. It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, with the Secretary of State, to designate approved entry points and aircraft, permit humanitarian and medical flights, and issue implementing regulations. The order took effect December 15, 1997.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13068

Closing of Government Departments and Agencies on Friday, December 26, 1997

November 25, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 63247

Closes all executive branch departments and agencies on Friday, December 26, 1997, the day after Christmas, and excuses federal employees from duty. Allows agency heads to require certain offices, installations, or employees to remain open or report for duty if needed for national security, defense, or other public reasons. Specifies that this day is treated as a holiday under Executive Order 11582 and related federal pay and leave laws, meaning it is handled the same way as other federal holidays for purposes of employee compensation and leave.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13067

Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan

November 3, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 59989

Declares a national emergency over Sudanese government policies, including support for international terrorism, efforts to destabilize neighboring governments, and human rights violations such as slavery and denial of religious freedom. Blocks all property and interests in property of the Government of Sudan, including its agencies and the Central Bank of Sudan, that are in the United States or come under the control of U.S. persons. Prohibits importing Sudanese goods or services, exporting goods, technology, or services to Sudan, financing or facilitating trade with Sudan, extending credit to the Sudanese government, and transporting cargo to or from Sudan, with exceptions for humanitarian donations, official government or United Nations business, and journalistic activity. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue regulations and take necessary actions to implement these measures, and directs all federal agencies to assist. Sets the order effective November 4, 1997, with a grace period for existing trade contracts through December 4, 1997.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13066

Amendment to Executive Order 13037, Commission To Study Capital Budgeting

October 29, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 59273

Amends Executive Order 13037, which created the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting, by increasing the commission's membership from a fixed 11 members to no more than 20. It also removes a provision that had set March 15, 1998, as a specific deadline related to the commission's reporting requirements, leaving the remaining deadline language in place.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13065

Further Amendment to Executive Order 13038 Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters

October 22, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 55329

Amends Executive Order 13038, as previously amended by Executive Order 13062, to allow up to three additional members on the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, changing its maximum size from 22 to 25 members. It also updates the order's language to allow for the possibility of Co-Chairs rather than a single Chair leading the committee.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13064

Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, as Amended, Critical Infrastructure Protection

October 11, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 53711

Amends Executive Order 13010, which established the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, to adjust its structure and wind down its work. Expands membership from 15 to 20 and broadens coverage to both private and public sectors, and allows for co-chairs. Sets March 15, 1998 as the deadline for terminating the Commission's Principals Committee, Steering Committee, and Advisory Committee, and directs those committees to review the Commission's final report and prepare recommendations for the President. Permits the Commission's former chair to remain on the Steering Committee and allows some staff to be retained past termination, under Steering Committee direction and with continued funding and administrative support from the Department of Defense, solely to help review the report. Designates the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council to classify related information as Top Secret under Executive Order 12958, and renumbers later sections of the original order.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13063

Level V of the Executive Schedule: Removal of the Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor

September 30, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 51757

Amends Executive Order 12154 to remove the position of Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Department of Labor, from Level V of the Executive Schedule, which sets pay rates for senior federal officials. The order also relabels the remaining subsections of section 1-102 of the prior order, shifting subsections (c) through (f) to become (b) through (e) to account for the removed entry.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13062

Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees and Amendments to Executive Orders 13038 and 13054

September 29, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 51755

Extends fifteen federal advisory committees—including the Committee for the Preservation of the White House, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the President's Export Council, and others across various departments—until September 30, 1999, and assigns performance of the President's duties under the Federal Advisory Committee Act for these committees to the relevant department or agency heads, following guidelines from the Administrator of General Services. Revokes five earlier executive orders that created committees whose work is finished, including ones on human radiation experiments, U.S.-Pacific trade policy, arms proliferation, national information infrastructure, and aviation safety and security. Also supersedes Executive Order 12974, changes a numerical reference in Executive Order 13038 from 15 to 22, and revises Executive Order 13054 to update rules for noncompetitive appointment of family members of federal employees who left government service to work for the American Institute in Taiwan. The order took effect September 30, 1997.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13061

Federal Support of Community Efforts Along American Heritage Rivers

September 11, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 48445

Establishes the American Heritage Rivers initiative, under which the President designates rivers nominated by local communities for coordinated federal support aimed at environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic and cultural preservation. Communities, working with state, local, or tribal governments, nominate rivers, and nominations are judged on their natural or cultural significance, strength of community support, and quality of revitalization plans. Creates the American Heritage Rivers Interagency Committee, co-chaired by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and a rotating agency head, with members from agencies including Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and others, to set designation guidelines and monitor progress. Directs federal agencies to identify programs that can assist designated river communities, share technical and scientific resources, appoint a 'River Navigator' for each designated river, and consult communities before taking actions affecting them. States the initiative creates no new regulatory authority, does not override state, local, or tribal jurisdiction, and creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13060

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Amtrak and its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

August 21, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 45139

Establishes a three-member Emergency Board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate labor disputes between Amtrak and its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any railroad carrier or railroad employee organization. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. Under section 10 of the Act, neither Amtrak nor the union may change the conditions underlying the disputes from the Board's creation until 30 days after it submits its report, unless both parties agree. The Board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board once the Board ends. The Board terminates automatically once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13059

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran

August 19, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 44531

Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities, the order prohibits the importation into the United States of goods or services of Iranian origin or controlled by the Government of Iran, and bars the export, reexport, sale, or supply of goods, technology, or services from the United States, or by U.S. persons, to Iran or the Iranian government. It also bans new investment by U.S. persons in Iran, related financing or brokering transactions, and attempts to evade these restrictions. It consolidates and revokes parts of Executive Orders 12613 and 12959, while keeping existing licenses in effect unless changed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Treasury Secretary, consulting with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue regulations, require reports, and enforce the order, with other federal agencies directed to assist. The order took effect August 20, 1997, and responds to Iranian government actions occurring after the 1981 Algiers Accords.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13058

Protecting Federal Employees and the Public From Exposure to Tobacco Smoke in the Federal Workplace

August 9, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 43451

Prohibits smoking of tobacco products in all interior space owned, rented, or leased by the executive branch, and in outdoor areas under executive branch control near air intake ducts, in order to protect federal employees and the public from tobacco smoke. Exceptions apply to enclosed, ventilated designated smoking areas, residential accommodations, spaces leased entirely to nonfederal parties, private-sector workplaces, and limited written exceptions an agency head may approve to accomplish agency missions. Directs agency heads to evaluate restricting smoking near doorways and courtyards, encourages smoking-cessation programs, and requires agencies to implement the policy within one year, informing employees and visitors of the requirements and health risks. Requires implementation to be consistent with existing labor laws and collective bargaining agreements, and directs agencies to review and revise their policies for compliance. Applies to executive agencies as defined by law, excludes legislative and judicial branches, and encourages independent agencies to comply. States it creates no enforceable legal rights and does not prevent agencies from adopting stricter smoking policies.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13057

Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe Region

July 26, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 41249

Directs federal agencies with management or jurisdictional authority over the Lake Tahoe Region to establish a Federal Interagency Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Ecosystem, made up of the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Interior, Transportation, and the Army, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other participating agency heads, chaired initially by the Secretary of Agriculture with the chairmanship rotating annually. The Partnership is tasked with coordinating federal programs, sharing data, working with California, Nevada, tribal, and local governments, and supporting efforts on water quality, transportation, air quality, vegetation, wildlife and fish habitat, recreation, and scenic resources within the region. It must report to the President within 90 days on implementation. The order also directs the Partnership to negotiate a Memorandum of Agreement with California, Nevada, the Washoe Tribal Government, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and local governments. It states that it does not limit essential agency actions for health, safety, or national security, and creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13056

Further Amendment to Executive Order 13017, Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry

July 21, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 39415

Amends Executive Order 13017, which established the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, by increasing the commission's membership from 32 to 34 members. The change updates a single sentence in the earlier order's Section 1(a) and does not otherwise alter the commission's structure or duties.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13055

Coordination of United States Government International Exchanges and Training Programs

July 15, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 39099

Establishes a senior-level Interagency Working Group on United States Government-Sponsored International Exchanges and Training within the United States Information Agency, chaired by its Associate Director for Educational and Cultural Affairs, with representatives from the Departments of State, Defense, Education, Justice, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other interested agencies. The group is tasked with collecting and analyzing data on government-funded international exchange and training programs, creating a clearinghouse of related information, identifying duplication across agencies, and developing cost-saving and coordination strategies. It must issue an initial coordinated strategy report within one year and recommendations on performance measures within two years, plus ongoing annual assessments. The group must meet quarterly, report findings to the President through the USIA Director, and allow members to append dissenting statements to reports. Member agencies bear their own participation costs. The order states it does not alter the existing authorities or responsibilities of any department or agency head.Read the full summaryShow less