E.O.13014
Maintaining Unofficial Relations With the People on Taiwan
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 42963
E.O.13013
Amending Executive Order No. 10163, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 41483
Amends Executive Order 10163 to revise the eligibility rules for the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. It replaces the medal's criteria so it may be awarded to current or former reserve component members who either complete 10 years of honorable service within a 12-year period, were called to active duty under specified provisions of federal law on or after August 1, 1990, or volunteered for and served on active duty in support of military operations or contingencies designated by the Secretary of Defense on or after that date. It also revises the rules on awarding the medal, specifying that only one may be given per person, that it carries the design of the recipient's reserve component, and that appurtenances denote how it was earned, with additional appurtenances possible for further qualifying service.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13012
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Their Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 38051
Establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a labor dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any railroad carrier or employee organization. The board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. For 120 days following the board's creation, neither the carrier nor the employees may change the conditions that gave rise to the dispute, except by mutual agreement. The board's records are considered records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the board dissolves. The board terminates automatically once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13011
Federal Information Technology
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 37657
Directs executive agencies to improve management of information technology systems under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996, including creating agency Chief Information Officers to oversee technology investments and performance. Requires agency heads to evaluate whether functions should be performed by government at all before investing in new systems, establish performance measures, and ensure adequate information security. Establishes a Chief Information Officers Council, made up of officials from listed departments and agencies, to recommend technology policy and standards; a Government Information Technology Services Board to promote shared infrastructure and innovation; and an Information Technology Resources Board to review major information systems on request. Assigns the Office of Management and Budget oversight of agency practices and budget review, gives the General Services Administration technology coordination and outreach duties, tasks the Department of Commerce with technology standards, and gives the Department of State responsibility for international liaison on information policy. Defines key terms and states it creates no enforceable legal rights.ed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13010
Critical Infrastructure Protection
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 37347
Establishes the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection to study threats to vital systems such as telecommunications, power, oil and gas, banking, transportation, water, emergency services, and government continuity, covering both physical attacks and cyber threats. The Commission, chaired by a presidential appointee and staffed with nominees from agencies including the Departments of Treasury, Justice, Defense, Commerce, Transportation, and Energy, the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and National Security Agency, reports through a Principals Committee and is overseen by a Steering Committee. It must produce a mission statement within 30 days, consult with public and private stakeholders, assess vulnerabilities, and recommend national policy and legal changes. An Advisory Committee of private-sector experts will assist it. The order also creates an interim Infrastructure Protection Task Force within the Department of Justice, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to coordinate protection efforts while the Commission works. The Commission and related bodies terminate one year after the order unless extended, and the Task Force ends within 180 days after that.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13009
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12963 Entitled Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 30799
Amends Executive Order 12963, which established the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, by increasing the maximum size of the council. It changes the membership limit stated in section 1(a) of that order from 30 to 35 members.
E.O.13008
Amending Executive Order No. 12880
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 28721
Amends Executive Order 12880 by changing section 1(c) so that a reference to the Department of State is replaced with the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The change is made under the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 and in accordance with Executive Order 12992, with the stated aim of providing more effective management of the federal government's international narcotics control policies. The order does not otherwise alter the structure or duties described in Executive Order 12880.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13007
Indian Sacred Sites
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 26771
Directs federal agencies that manage federal lands to, where practicable and consistent with their duties, accommodate access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred sites by Indian religious practitioners and avoid harming the physical integrity of those sites, maintaining confidentiality where appropriate. Defines federal lands, Indian tribes, and sacred sites for these purposes. Requires agencies to implement procedures for notifying the public of proposed actions or policies that could restrict access to or damage sacred sites, following an earlier 1994 memorandum on government-to-government relations with tribal governments. Within one year, agency heads must report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, on steps taken to implement the order, including changes made and consultation procedures. States that the order does not require taking vested property interests, does not impair existing rights granted to third parties, and creates no enforceable legal rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13006
Locating Federal Facilities on Historic Properties in Our Nation's Central Cities
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 26071
Directs federal agencies, when locating federal facilities and where operationally appropriate and economically prudent, to give first consideration to historic properties within historic districts, then to other sites within such districts, and then to historic properties outside districts if no suitable site exists within one. Any construction or rehabilitation undertaken must architecturally match the surrounding historic district or properties. Instructs agencies responsible for leasing, acquiring, or managing federal facilities and historic resources to reform or streamline regulations that hinder maintaining a federal presence in historic districts, except where those rules protect health, safety, or the environment, and encourages consulting the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, the Advisory Council, and federal agencies to build partnerships with states, local governments, tribes, and private organizations to support the National Historic Preservation Program. States it creates no legally enforceable rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13005
Empowerment Contracting
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 26069
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with several other agencies including Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Defense, the General Services Administration, NASA, the Small Business Administration, and federal procurement policy officials, to develop policies giving federal agencies the option to grant qualified large and small businesses incentives, such as price or evaluation credits, for locating work in economically distressed areas when competing for government contracts. It defines "area of general economic distress" as census tracts with at least 20 percent poverty or designated federal empowerment and enterprise zones, and sets criteria for qualified businesses. The Secretary must monitor and evaluate the program, guard against fraud, issue an annual report to the President by December 1, and draft implementing rules within 90 days. The order states it does not displace other agency authority or programs and creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13004
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Their- Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 25771
Establishes a three-member emergency board, appointed by the President, to investigate unresolved labor disputes between a list of named railroads represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and their employees represented by several labor organizations, including the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association. Board members may not have financial or other interests in any railroad or railroad labor organization. The board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. Under the Railway Labor Act, neither the railroads nor the employees may change the conditions underlying the disputes, except by mutual agreement, from the board's creation until 30 days after it submits its report. The board's records become records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the board dissolves, which occurs once the report is submitted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13003
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Disputes exist between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference, including Consolidated Rail Corporation (including the Clearfield Cluster), Burlington Northern Railroad Co., CSX Transportation Inc., Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., Union Pacific Railroad, Chicago & North Western Railway Co., Kansas City Southern Railway Co., and their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. The railroads involved in these disputes are designated on the attached list, which is made a part of this order.
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 25131
Establishes a three-member Emergency Board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between a group of railroads, including Consolidated Rail Corporation, Burlington Northern, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Chicago & North Western, and Kansas City Southern, and their employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. Board members may not have financial or other interests in either the railroads or railway labor organizations. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, and for 30 days after that report, neither the railroads 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 will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board terminates, which occurs once its report is submitted. A full list of affected railroads is attached to the order.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13002
Termination of Combat Zone Designation in Vietnam and Waters Adjacent Thereto
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 24665
Sets midnight on June 30, 1996, as the official end date for combat activities in the zone covering Vietnam and adjacent waters, as originally described in Executive Order 11216 of April 24, 1965. The designation is made under a provision of the Internal Revenue Code that allows the President to identify combat zones for tax purposes, meaning that after this termination date the area will no longer be treated as an active combat zone under that law.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13001
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between Certain Railroads Represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and Their Employees Represented by the Transportation Communications International Union
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 21943
Establishes a three-member Emergency Board to investigate a labor dispute between a group of railroads represented by the National Railway Labor Conference, listed in an attached schedule, and their employees represented by the Transportation Communications International Union. The dispute had not been resolved under the Railway Labor Act, and the National Mediation Board found it threatened to substantially interrupt interstate commerce. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any railroad or railroad labor organization. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation. For 30 days after that report, neither the railroads nor the employees may change the conditions that gave rise to the dispute, except by mutual agreement. The Board's records are treated as records of the Office of the President and will be kept by the National Mediation Board after the Board terminates, which occurs once its report is submitted.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.13000
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 18483
Sets the order in which Department of Defense officials act as Secretary of Defense if the Secretary dies, becomes permanently disabled, resigns, or is temporarily absent or disabled. The line of succession runs from the Deputy Secretary of Defense through the service secretaries, various under secretaries, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, assistant secretaries, and other designated officials, with ties among certain officials broken by length of service or by the Secretary's own determination. It clarifies that such succession is temporary and does not vacate the successor's own statutory position, that an officer serving only in an acting capacity cannot invoke this order, and that the Secretary may still exercise duties during a temporary absence despite the order. It revokes Executive Order 12787 of December 31, 1991.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12999
Educational Technology: Ensuring Opportunity for All Children in the Next Century
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 17227
Directs federal agencies to prioritize transferring surplus and excess computer equipment—including peripherals, telecommunications and research equipment, and software—to schools and nonprofit organizations, especially those in federal enterprise communities and empowerment zones. Agencies must safeguard such equipment for possible reuse, report it to the General Services Administration in advance when declared surplus, and make transfers at the lowest permitted cost. It also encourages agency employees with computer expertise to help connect classrooms to the National Information Infrastructure, train teachers, and maintain donated equipment, and requires agencies with such employees to submit implementation plans to the Office of Science and Technology Policy within six months. The order defines terms like 'schools,' 'educationally useful Federal equipment,' and 'nonprofit reuse or recycling program,' supersedes Executive Order 12821, and states it creates no enforceable legal rights against the federal government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12998
Amendment to Executive Order No. 11880
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 15873
Amends Executive Order 11880, which sets the order of succession for the Secretary of Commerce, by adding a new section stating that the President may, at any time and consistent with law, designate any officer covered under title 5, section 3347 of the United States Code to act as Secretary of Commerce, regardless of the succession order otherwise established in that order. The existing section 2 of Executive Order 11880 is renumbered as section 3 to accommodate the new provision.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12997
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 14949
Designates the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization as a public international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act, making it eligible for the privileges, exemptions, and immunities that law provides. The designation applies because the President found the organization to be one in which the United States participates. It does not limit any additional privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization has gained or may gain through international agreements or acts of Congress.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12996
Management and General Public Use of the National Wildlife Refuge System
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 13647
Establishes the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System as preserving a national network of lands and waters for fish, wildlife, and plant conservation. Affirms four guiding principles for the system: supporting compatible wildlife-dependent public uses such as hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, and education; maintaining high-quality habitat; fostering partnerships with federal and state agencies, tribes, and the public; and ensuring open public involvement in refuge decisions. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to treat hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education as priority public uses, expand opportunities for them where compatible with sound wildlife management, enhance planning attention to these uses, protect the system's biological integrity, continue authorized uses by other federal agencies including military-related activities, coordinate with state and federal agencies on land acquisition and management, ensure public involvement in planning, and identify existing compatible uses on newly acquired lands before comprehensive planning is completed. States that the order creates no enforceable legal rights against the United States or its officials.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12995
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12873
·William J. Clinton·61 FR 13645