E.O.13000

Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense

April 24, 1996·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

April 17, 1996·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

April 5, 1996·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

April 1, 1996·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

March 25, 1996·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

March 25, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 13645

Amends Executive Order 12873 to adjust federal standards for recovered materials in paper procurement. Sets the minimum postconsumer material content for items like high speed copier paper, offset paper, forms bond, computer printout paper, carbonless paper, file folders, and other printing and writing papers at no less than 20 percent beginning December 31, 1994, rising to 30 percent beginning December 31, 1998. Replaces a prior alternative standard with a new one allowing facilities to instead use paper containing at least 50 percent recovered materials that are waste byproducts of a finished non-paper, non-textile product that would otherwise go to a landfill, as determined by the relevant state. Also revises the order's language on the Federal Environmental Executive, directing that official to consult with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality when carrying out these functions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12994

Continuing the President's Committee on Mental Retardation and Broadening Its Membership and Responsibilities

March 21, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 13047

Continues the President's Committee on Mental Retardation with expanded membership and duties, superseding Executive Order 11776. Sets the committee's composition to include several cabinet secretaries, the Attorney General, the head of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Commissioner of Social Security, the chairs of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Council on Disability, and up to 21 citizen members appointed by the President, including self-advocates and family members, serving two-year terms. The President designates a Chair from the citizen members. Directs the committee to advise the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on national policy, service delivery, and community supports for people with mental retardation, to facilitate liaison among government and private organizations, and to submit an annual report through the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires federal agencies to designate liaison officers when requested and directs the Department of Health and Human Services to provide staffing, funding, and administrative support.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12993

Administrative Allegations Against Inspectors General

March 21, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 13043

Establishes an Integrity Committee under the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency and Executive Council on Integrity and Efficiency to receive, review, and refer allegations of wrongdoing against Inspectors General and certain senior staff of Offices of Inspectors General. The committee is chaired by an FBI official and includes the Special Counsel, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, and several Inspectors General, with a Justice Department official serving as advisor. It directs the FBI Director to investigate allegations that cannot be handled by another agency, sets procedures for referring findings to the relevant agency head, requires agency heads to certify within 60 days (extendable by 30 days) what action they have taken on referred reports, and requires the FBI to maintain related records. It states the order creates no legally enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12992

President's Council on Counter-Narcotics

March 15, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 11287

Establishes the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics, chaired by the President with the Vice President presiding in his absence, to meet at least quarterly. Members include the Vice President and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, and Transportation; the Attorney General; the U.S. Representative to the United Nations; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; the White House Chief of Staff; the Director of National Drug Control Policy; the Director of Central Intelligence; the national security advisers to the President and Vice President; the Counsel to the President; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and, as applicable, additional officials such as the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education. The Council is to advise the President on national drug control strategy, coordinate implementation across agencies, and may use committees or task forces chaired by the Director of National Drug Control Policy. The Office of National Drug Control Policy will provide staff support, and all executive departments and agencies must cooperate with and assist the Council as permitted by law.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12991

Adding the Small Business Administration to the President's Export Council

March 6, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 9587

Amends Executive Order 12131 to add the Small Business Administration as a member of the President's Export Council, which advises the President on matters affecting U.S. export trade. The change is made by inserting a new subsection naming the Small Business Administration among the agencies represented on the council, expanding its membership to include that agency alongside those already listed.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12990

Adjustments of Rates of Pay and Allowances for the Uniformed Services, Amendment to Executive Order No. 12984

February 29, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 8467

Adjusts the rates of monthly basic pay, basic allowances for subsistence, basic allowances for quarters, and monthly cadet or midshipman pay for members of the uniformed services, according to a schedule attached to the order, under authority granted by section 601 of Public Law 104-106. These adjustments take effect retroactively on January 1, 1996. The order also supersedes Section 4 and Schedule 8 of the earlier Executive Order 12984, issued December 28, 1995, replacing the pay and allowance figures that order had set.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12989

Economy and Efficiency in Government Procurement Through Compliance With Certain Immigration and Naturalization Act Provisions

February 13, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 6091

Establishes a policy that federal contracting agencies should not do business with employers found to have violated provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that prohibit knowingly employing unauthorized aliens. Directs the Attorney General to investigate contractors, receive and investigate employee complaints, and hold hearings to determine noncompliance, then notify the relevant contracting agency of any violation. Contracting agency heads may then debar noncompliant contractors or their organizational units from federal contracts for one year, renewable if violations continue, with debarred entities listed on the government's exclusion list. The Attorney General oversees implementation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Labor, and other officials, while the Defense Department, General Services Administration, and NASA are directed to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation as needed. The order preserves existing antidiscrimination obligations under immigration law, states it should not add procurement burdens or new contract requirements, and does not create enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12988

Civil Justice Reform

February 5, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 4729

Directs federal agencies and their litigation counsel to follow guidelines aimed at making government civil litigation more just and efficient, including giving disputants pre-filing notice, pursuing settlement conferences and alternative dispute resolution, streamlining discovery, seeking sanctions for abuse where warranted, and using efficient case-management practices such as stipulating undisputed facts and pursuing summary judgment when likely to succeed. Encourages agencies to develop pro bono and volunteer legal service programs for employees. Requires agencies drafting legislation or regulations to review them for clarity, reduced litigation risk, and clear legal standards, addressing issues like preemption, retroactivity, and remedies. Calls on agencies handling administrative adjudications to reduce delay, address bias, and improve public education about procedures. Assigns the Attorney General to coordinate implementation and issue guidance. States the order applies only to civil matters, creates no private legal rights, takes effect 90 days after signing, and revokes Executive Order 12778.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12987

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12964

January 31, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 4205

Amends Executive Order 12964, which established the Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy, in two ways: it increases the maximum number of commission members from 15 to up to 20, and it extends the commission's reporting deadline from before February 1, 1996, to about December 31, 1996.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12986

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

January 18, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 1693

Extends certain privileges and immunities to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources under the International Organizations Immunities Act, but specifically excludes immunity from suit and judicial process. It withholds application of provisions that would otherwise give the organization the same immunity from lawsuits as foreign governments, protect its property and archives from search or confiscation, and shield its representatives and staff from legal process for acts performed in their official duties. The order states that this designation does not limit any other privileges, exemptions, or immunities the organization has gained or may gain through international agreements or congressional action.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12985

Establishing the Armed Forces Service Medal

January 11, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 1209

Establishes the Armed Forces Service Medal for members of the Armed Forces who, on or after June 1, 1992, participate in a designated significant U.S. military operation without encountering foreign armed opposition or imminent hostile action, as determined by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Directs the Secretary of Defense to approve the medal's design and, together with the Secretary of Transportation for the Coast Guard when not operating under the Navy, to award it under uniform regulations, placing it in order of precedence just before the Humanitarian Service Medal. The medal may only be awarded when no other U.S. service medal applies to the operation, and only one medal may go to any individual, though additional devices may mark later qualifying operations. The medal may also be awarded posthumously, presented to an appropriate representative of the deceased as determined by the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of Transportation.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12984

Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay and Allowances

December 28, 1995·William J. Clinton·61 FR 237

Sets adjusted rates of basic pay and allowances for various federal employee categories, effective for pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 1996, with military pay rates effective that date directly. Covers the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration pay schedules, the Senior Executive Service, the Executive Schedule, pay for the Vice President and Congress, judicial salaries, and pay and allowances for members of the uniformed services, all detailed in schedules attached to the order. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments under sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code, and to publish notice of these payments in the Federal Register. Supersedes Executive Order 12944 of December 28, 1994.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12983

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12871

December 21, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 66855

Amends Executive Order 12871, which established the National Partnership Council on labor-management relations. Adds one elected office holder each from the Senior Executives Association and the Federal Managers Association to the Council's membership. Directs the Council to report to the President by October 1996 on the progress and results of labor-management partnership efforts throughout the executive branch. Revises the Council's duties to require it to seek input from nonmember federal agencies, especially smaller ones, and from federal manager and professional associations, companies, nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, federal employees, and customers of federal services, while retaining its ability to invite private and public sector experts. Also revises the terms for Council members' compensation, specifying they serve without pay but may receive travel expenses, including per diem, as authorized by law for those serving intermittently in government service.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12982

Ordering the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty

December 8, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 63895

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating under the Department of the Navy, to order units and individual members of the Selected Reserve of the Armed Forces to active duty. The order states this action is needed to increase the size of active armed forces to support military operations in and around the former Yugoslavia. It relies on authority granted under sections 121 and 12304 of title 10 of the United States Code. The order specifies it is meant only to improve internal executive branch management and does not create any enforceable legal rights for outside parties. It directs that the order be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to Congress.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.12981

Administration of Export Controls

December 5, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 62981

Sets procedures for federal review of export license applications submitted to the Department of Commerce under the Export Administration Act and related regulations, acting under authority tied to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12924. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to resolve or refer applications to the President within 90 days, with exceptions for delays such as prelicense checks, government-to-government assurance requests, multilateral reviews, and consultations. Requires the Secretary to begin initial processing within 9 days and specifies timelines for other agencies, including the Departments of State, Defense, and Energy and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to request information and issue recommendations. Continues the Export Administration Review Board and establishes an Advisory Committee on Export Policy and an Operating Committee to resolve interagency disagreements, with specified appeal timelines up to the Board and, ultimately, the President. States the new review process applies to applications registered 60 days after signing, and clarifies the order creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less