E.O.12974
Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory Committees
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 51875
E.O.12973
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12901
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 51665
Amends Executive Order 12901 by updating the years referenced in its first section, replacing "1994" with "1996" and "1995" with "1997." The change is made under authority granted by the Trade Act of 1974, with the stated aim of ensuring United States trade policy continues to promote exports of American products and services and makes efficient use of trade policy resources. The order does not otherwise alter the substance of Executive Order 12901.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12972
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 48863
Amends Executive Order 12958 by revising the definition of "agency" in section 1.1(i). Under the new definition, "agency" covers any Executive agency as defined in federal law, any Military department as defined in federal law, and any other entity within the executive branch that comes into possession of classified information. The change affects which parts of the executive branch fall under the classification rules established by Executive Order 12958.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12971
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12425
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 48617
Amends Executive Order 12425 to change the privileges, exemptions, and immunities granted to the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) in the United States. The amendment removes specific wording in the earlier order that had limited certain benefits to portions of Section 2(d) and had restricted them to matters relating to customs duties and federal internal-revenue importation taxes. By deleting these phrases, the order broadens the scope of the exemptions previously extended to INTERPOL under the 1983 order. The order does not create new offices or assign new duties to federal officials, and it does not specify a deadline for implementation.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12970
Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12864
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 48359
Amends Executive Order 12864 to extend the life of the United States Advisory Council on the National Information Infrastructure. It changes the council's expiration language so that, instead of ending two years after the original order's date, it will continue operating until June 1, 1996, unless the charter is extended again before then.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12969
Federal Acquisition and Community Right-To-Know
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 40989
Directs federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable, to favor contractors that publicly report toxic chemical releases when awarding competitive acquisition contracts worth $100,000 or more. Applies to manufacturers already required to report to the Toxics Release Inventory under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, requiring them to certify they will file Toxic Chemical Release Forms for the life of the contract, unless they qualify for an exemption (such as not using listed chemicals or having fewer than ten employees). Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to publish compliance guidance by September 30, 1995, and requires agencies to add relevant provisions to solicitations within 30 days afterward. For contracts over $500,000, agencies must consult the EPA Administrator before waiving the requirement. Allows the Administrator to recommend contract termination for noncompliance, with the contracting agency deciding whether to act. Requires incorporation of these requirements into federal acquisition regulations within 90 days and states the order creates no enforceable legal rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12968
Access to Classified Information
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 40245
Establishes a uniform federal personnel security program governing access to classified information for employees, contractors, and other individuals working for executive branch agencies. Requires agency heads to grant access only to employees who pass a background investigation, have a demonstrated need-to-know, and sign a nondisclosure agreement. Sets rules for financial disclosure requirements, use of financial and travel record databases, temporary and reciprocal access approvals, and access by non-citizens. Directs the Security Policy Board to develop, within 180 days, common adjudicative guidelines, investigative standards, and reinvestigation standards across agencies. Establishes procedures employees can use to appeal denials or revocations of access eligibility, including written explanations, access to supporting documents, legal representation, and appeal panels, while allowing agency heads to withhold procedures that would damage national security. Sets employee responsibilities for protecting classified information and reporting security violations, and authorizes sanctions for willful violations. States it does not repeal prior executive orders and creates no enforceable legal rights against the government. Contains additional definitions and implementation provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12967
Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate Disputes Between Metro North Commuter Railroad and Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 39623
Establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate unresolved labor disputes between Metro North Commuter Railroad and employees represented by a list of named labor organizations, including groups such as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and the United Transportation Union. Board members may not have financial or other ties to any railroad carrier or employee organization. Within 30 days of the board's creation, the parties must submit final settlement offers, and the board must report to the President within 30 days after that, recommending the most reasonable offer. Until 60 days after the report is submitted, neither party may change the conditions underlying the disputes except by agreement. The board's records become part of the Office of the President's files and will later be kept by the National Mediation Board. The board dissolves once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12966
Foreign Disaster Assistance
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 36949
Directs the Secretary of Defense to provide disaster assistance outside the United States to respond to manmade or natural disasters when necessary to prevent loss of life, implementing section 404 of title 10, United States Code, as added by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995. The Secretary of Defense also takes on the notification duties toward Congress that the law otherwise assigns to the President. Such assistance may be provided only when directed by the President, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State or Deputy Secretary of State, or in emergencies where there is no time to seek prior concurrence, in which case the Secretary of State must be consulted afterward. The Secretary of Defense must also consult with the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, acting as the President's Special Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance. The order does not affect other legal authorities and took effect at 12:01 a.m. on July 15, 1995.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12965
Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12852
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 34087
Amends Executive Order 12852 to extend the life of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, changing its expiration language so the Council continues until June 29, 1997, unless further extended, replacing the previous provision that ended it two years after the original 1993 order unless its charter was renewed.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12964
Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 33095
Establishes the Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy, made up of 15 presidentially appointed members from the private sector with experience in Asian and Pacific trade or knowledge of trade barriers affecting U.S. businesses there. The President designates a chair and vice chair. By February 1, 1996, the commission must report on steps the United States should take to open markets in Japan, China, and other Asian and Pacific countries to U.S. business, identify trade and investment barriers, recommend ways to reduce them, and propose ways to monitor progress and measure trade activity, aiming to increase market access and support high-wage U.S. jobs by the turn of the century. Recommendations require a three-fifths vote, and dissenting members may add their views. Federal agencies must provide information, facilities, and staff support upon request, with the Department of Commerce providing administrative support and the U.S. Trade Representative handling related federal advisory duties. The commission terminates 30 days after submitting its final report.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12963
Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 31905
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, made up of up to 30 members appointed or designated by the Secretary, who also names its Chairperson. The Council's role is purely advisory, offering the Secretary guidance on programs and policies to prevent HIV, advance research on HIV and AIDS, and improve services for people living with HIV or AIDS; its written reports must also be shared with the President. Federal departments and agencies must supply information the Council needs, and the Department of Health and Human Services is to provide funding and administrative support as available. Compensation and travel expenses for members follow standard federal rules. The Department of Health and Human Services carries out most Federal Advisory Committee Act functions for the Council, except for annual reporting to Congress. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights and is meant only to guide internal executive branch management.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12962
Recreational Fisheries
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 30769
Directs federal agencies to work with states, tribes, and the private sector to conserve, restore, and enhance aquatic systems in order to expand recreational fishing opportunities, including by improving water quality and habitat, funding cost-share programs, and assisting private landowners. Establishes a National Recreational Fisheries Coordination Council made up of representatives from the Departments of the Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, co-chaired by Commerce and Interior, to coordinate agency efforts and reduce duplication. Requires the Council, within 12 months, to develop a five-year Recreational Fishery Resources Conservation Plan with measurable objectives and accountability measures. Directs the Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service to jointly develop, within 6 months, a policy to reduce conflicts between recreational fisheries and the Endangered Species Act. Expands the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council's role to monitor federal activities and report annually. States it creates no legally enforceable rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12961
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 28507
Establishes the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, made up of up to 12 members appointed by the President who are not full-time federal employees, with a chairperson designated by the President. The committee reports to the President through the Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, and is to review and advise on research, coordinating efforts, medical treatment programs, outreach, external reviews, possible risk factors from service in the Persian Gulf Conflict, and reports of chemical or biological weapons detection. It cannot conduct its own research or address federal legal liability. It must submit an interim report within six months of its first meeting and a final report by December 31, 1996, unless the President extends that deadline, and it terminates 30 days after submitting the final report. Executive departments must provide requested information, and the Department of Defense is to fund the committee's operations.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12960
Amendments to the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 26647
Amends the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984, which implements the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the armed forces. It revises numerous Rules for Courts-Martial and Military Rules of Evidence covering sentence limits at rehearings, reconsideration of findings and sentences, postponement of confinement when an accused is returned to a state or foreign authority, convening authorities' power to suspend or modify sentences, disclosure and appeal procedures involving classified or privileged government information, and vacating or modifying court-martial results. It also revises punitive article provisions, including definitions and elements for drunken or reckless operation of a vehicle, aircraft, or vessel, murder, rape, indecent language, and adds a new offense for self-injury without intent to avoid service, plus a voluntary-abandonment defense to attempt offenses. The amendments take effect June 10, 1995, do not criminalize prior conduct, cap punishments for earlier offenses at previously applicable maximums, and do not invalidate proceedings begun before that date. The order contains further technical provisions renumbering and redesignating various subsections.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12959
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 24757
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and other authorities, and building on Executive Order 12957, the order imposes a broad embargo on Iran. It prohibits importing Iranian-origin goods or services into the United States, exporting or reexporting goods, technology, or services to Iran or Iranian government-controlled entities, new investment by U.S. persons in Iran or Iranian-government-controlled property, and transactions by U.S. persons that approve, facilitate, or finance such dealings, with limited exceptions. It bars any transaction intended to evade these prohibitions. It defines key terms such as "United States person," "Iran," and "new investment." It authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue regulations, require reports, and delegate authority to enforce the order, and directs all federal agencies to assist. It partially revokes earlier executive orders 12613 and 12957 where inconsistent, sets specific effective dates including a transition period for existing trade contracts, and states the measures respond to Iranian actions after the 1981 Algiers Accords.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12958
Classified National Security Information
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 19825
Establishes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information across executive branch agencies, replacing and revoking Executive Order 12356. It sets three classification levels—Top Secret, Secret, and Confidential—limits who may originally classify information, defines categories eligible for classification, and generally caps classification at 10 years unless specific exemptions apply. It bars classifying information to conceal wrongdoing or avoid embarrassment. It creates automatic declassification after 25 years for historically valuable records, with agency exemptions subject to review, and directs agencies to meet interim declassification targets, including 15 percent of affected records within one year. It establishes procedures for challenging classifications, mandatory and systematic declassification review, and access safeguards including need-to-know rules and special access programs. It creates an Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel and an Information Security Policy Advisory Council, assigns oversight to the Information Security Oversight Office within the Office of Management and Budget, and sets sanctions for violations. The order applies to executive branch agencies handling classified information and takes effect 180 days after signing.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12957
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources
·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 summaryShow less
E.O.12956
Executive Order 12956 of 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 summaryShow less
E.O.12955
Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM
·William J. Clinton·60 FR 13365