E.O.12920
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 30501
E.O.12919
National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 29525
Implements the Defense Production Act of 1950 by delegating presidential authorities across the federal government to maintain an industrial and technological base capable of meeting national defense needs. It assigns priorities-and-allocations authority over materials and resources to specific agency heads (Agriculture for food, Energy for energy, Health and Human Services for health resources, Transportation for civil transportation, Defense for water, and Commerce for everything else), directs the Secretary of Commerce to administer the Defense Priorities and Allocations System, and designates the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Director as an advisor coordinating implementation. It authorizes loan guarantees, direct loans, purchase commitments, and subsidies to expand production capacity; establishes a National Defense Executive Reserve of private-sector experts for emergency government service; assigns the Secretary of Labor to track defense labor needs; and requires reports on foreign acquisition of U.S. companies and a defense industrial base information system. It also revokes or supersedes eleven prior executive orders and amends others, and defines key terms used throughout. The order contains additional administrative and definitional provisions.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12918
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations Arms Embargoes
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 28205
Prohibits the sale or supply of arms and related military or paramilitary equipment to Rwanda from the United States, by any U.S. person abroad, or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 918. Exempts activities tied to the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda, the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda, or entities the Security Council permits to receive such items, and bars willful evasion of the ban. Delegates enforcement to the Secretary of State for items on the United States Munitions List and to the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, for items covered by Export Administration Regulations, with authority for each to issue rules and redelegate functions. Directs all federal agencies to take appropriate measures to implement the order, including suspending or terminating existing licenses. Also authorizes the Secretaries of State and Commerce to issue rules implementing any other United Nations Security Council arms embargoes. States it creates no enforceable legal rights, and takes effect at 11:59 p.m. eastern daylight time on May 26, 1994.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12917
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 26925
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and related authorities, and citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 917, the order expands sanctions against Haiti's de facto regime in connection with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12775. It bars importing goods or services from Haiti into the United States, exporting or transshipping Haitian goods, and selling or supplying goods from the United States to Haiti or businesses operating there, with exceptions for informational materials and certain approved medicines, medical supplies, and basic foodstuffs not benefiting the regime or blocked individuals. It also prohibits transactions intended to evade these restrictions. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue implementing regulations and licenses, and other federal agencies must help enforce the order, including by suspending existing authorizations. It partially revokes conflicting provisions of Executive Orders 12779 and 12853 and took effect at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 21, 1994.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12916
Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 25779
Directs implementation of the U.S.-Mexico agreement establishing the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank, consistent with environmental protection, sustainable development, and public participation goals. Designates the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and the U.S. Commissioner of the International Boundary and Water Commission to represent the United States on the Commission's board, with policy coordinated among the State Department, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and the Agency for International Development. Names Treasury, State, and the EPA as U.S. representatives to the Development Bank's board, expands the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies for certain project decisions, and requires consultation with a Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory Committee. Delegates various statutory functions under the NAFTA Implementation Act to the Treasury Secretary. Establishes a Community Adjustment and Investment Program Finance Committee, chaired by Treasury, to coordinate related programs, and delegates authority to create the Good Neighbor Environmental Board to the EPA Administrator. States it creates no enforceable rights against the government.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12915
Federal Implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 25775
Directs federal implementation of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, a side agreement to NAFTA among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Names the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency as the U.S. representative on the Commission for Environmental Cooperation's Council and directs the Administrator to pursue specified policy priorities, including pollution prevention, conservation, environmental information exchange, public access to environmental data, and sustainable development. Requires efforts to promote transparency and public participation in Commission activities, including support for public factual records, disclosure of nonconfidential information, and public arbitral proceedings. Directs the EPA Administrator to establish a governmental committee to consult with and inform states about matters affecting them under the agreement and to involve state representatives in developing U.S. positions and delegations. Establishes use of a National Advisory Committee and designates the EPA as the agency authorized to make U.S. financial contributions to the Commission's budget. States that the order creates no enforceable legal rights against the United States.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12914
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 24339
Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and citing United Nations Security Council Resolution 917, the order responds to the national emergency regarding Haiti declared in Executive Order 12775. It blocks all funds and financial resources within the United States, or under the control of U.S. persons, belonging to Haitian military officers (including police), major participants in the 1991 coup and subsequent illegal governments, and those working for the Haitian military, along with their immediate families. It bans aircraft from flying between the United States and Haiti except regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights, and prohibits transactions intended to evade these restrictions. The Secretary of the Treasury, consulting with the Secretary of State, is authorized to issue regulations and enforce the order, and may delegate these powers. All federal agencies must take appropriate measures to comply. The order took effect at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on May 8, 1994.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12913
Revocation of Executive Order No. 12582
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 23115
Revokes Executive Order 12582, treating it as void retroactive to February 2, 1987, citing authority under section 1440 of title 8 of the United States Code and a federal appeals court decision, Matter of Reyes. Clarifies that the revocation does not affect the naturalization status of anyone who became a citizen under the terms of the earlier order before this order's publication in the Federal Register.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12912
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12878
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 22949
Amends Executive Order 12878 to extend the reporting deadline for the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform, changing the date by which the commission must submit its report from May 1, 1994, to December 15, 1994.
E.O.12911
Seal for the Office of National Drug Control Policy
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 22121
Approves an official seal for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, part of the Executive Office of the President. The order describes the design: a blue disc bearing the Arms of the United States above a gold scroll reading "OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY," surrounded by a white border edged in gold and inscribed "EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." It explains that the blue coloring reflects the office's organizational link to the President, and that the Arms of the United States represent the office's national role in assisting the President's drug control efforts. The seal design referenced in the order is attached to it as an official part of the document.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12910
Providing for the Closing of Government Departments and agencies on April 27, 1994
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 21915
Directs that all executive departments, independent establishments, and other federal government agencies, including their field offices, close on April 27, 1994, as a mark of respect for Richard Nixon, the 37th President. That day is to be treated as a holiday under federal law for purposes of employee compensation and leave. The order exempts offices or installations within the Department of State, the Department of Defense, or other agencies where the head of that department or agency determines they should remain open for reasons of national security, defense, or other public reasons.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12909
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Air Force
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 21909
Sets the order in which officials act as Secretary of the Air Force if the Secretary dies, becomes permanently disabled, resigns, or is temporarily absent or disabled. The sequence runs from the Under Secretary of the Air Force, to the Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel of the Air Force (ranked by length of service in their positions), to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. It specifies that an acting designation applies only for the duration of the absence and does not stop the Secretary from resuming duties, that the Secretary may keep exercising powers during a temporary absence despite the order, that the Secretary decides precedence among officials appointed on the same date, and that an official serving only in an acting capacity cannot use that position to claim the succession right. It also states that any such succession is temporary and does not vacate the successor's own statutory appointment.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12908
Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of the Army
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 21907
Sets the order in which officials act as Secretary of the Army if the position becomes vacant through death, permanent disability, or resignation, or if the Secretary is temporarily absent or disabled. Succession runs first to the Under Secretary of the Army, then to the Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel of the Army (ranked by length of service in those posts), then to the Chief of Staff of the Army. It specifies that officials with equal appointment dates are ranked as the Secretary determines at the time of appointment, and that an official serving only in an acting capacity in a qualifying position cannot use this order to act as Secretary. It also states that any such succession is temporary or interim and does not vacate the successor's own statutory appointment, and that the Secretary may continue exercising duties during a temporary absence despite the order. Applies to officials within the Department of the Army.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12907
Amending Executive Order No. 12882
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 18291
Amends Executive Order 12882 to increase the size of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. It changes the maximum number of members from 16 to 19, and changes the number of members who may serve from outside the federal government from 15 to 18.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12906
Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 17670
Directs federal agencies to coordinate development of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure to improve acquisition, sharing, and use of geospatial data such as maps, surveys, and location information. Designates the Federal Geographic Data Committee, chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, to coordinate this effort in consultation with state, local, and tribal governments, academia, and the private sector. Within six months, directs establishment of an electronic National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. Within nine months to one year, requires agencies to document new and existing geospatial data using standardized formats, make it publicly accessible where permitted by law, and check the Clearinghouse before spending federal funds to collect new data. Directs the committee to develop data standards and, within nine months, submit a plan for a national digital geospatial data framework to be substantially completed by January 2000, supporting the 2000 census. Exempts certain national security, defense, and intelligence activities, and imposes no requirements on tribal governments. States it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12905
Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 14733
Establishes a Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee within the Office of the United States Trade Representative. The committee, made up of up to 35 members representing environmental groups, industry, agriculture, services, non-federal government, and consumer interests, will provide policy advice on trade and environmental issues and elect its own chairman. Members are appointed by the Trade Representative for two-year terms, without regard to political affiliation, and serve without pay. The committee must submit a report to the President, Congress, and the Trade Representative at the end of negotiations for certain trade agreements, offering an opinion on whether the agreement serves U.S. interests. It may form subcommittees and reports its activities to the Trade Representative, who oversees its funding, staffing, meeting agendas, and administrative compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The committee terminates two years after the order's date unless extended.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12904
Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Commission for Labor Cooperation, Border Environment Cooperation Commission, and North American Development Bank
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 13179
Designates the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Commission for Labor Cooperation, the Border Environment Cooperation Commission, and the North American Development Bank as public international organizations under the International Organizations Immunities Act. These bodies were established under the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, and the designation entitles them to the privileges, exemptions, and immunities that law confers on such organizations. The order states that this designation does not limit any privileges, exemptions, or immunities these organizations may otherwise have gained, or may later gain, through international agreements or acts of Congress.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12903
Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 11473
Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, extends until March 10, 1995, the period during which the United States may continue peaceful nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). The order states that ending such cooperation would harm U.S. non-proliferation goals and national defense and security, and notes that Congress has been notified of this determination. It supersedes the previous extension, Executive Order 12840, which had set an earlier deadline, continuing a series of annual extensions dating back to Executive Order 12193.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12902
Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 11463
Directs federal agencies to reduce energy consumption per square foot of buildings by 30 percent by 2005 compared with 1985 levels, and to increase industrial facility energy efficiency by 20 percent by 2005 compared with 1990, where cost-effective. Requires agencies to conduct prioritization surveys and comprehensive facility audits on a set schedule, implement cost-effective efficiency and water conservation recommendations, minimize petroleum-based fuel use, and design new federal buildings to minimize life-cycle costs using energy efficiency, water conservation, and renewable energy technologies. Establishes reporting requirements to the Secretary of Energy and the Office of Management and Budget, designates the Department of Energy to lead implementation through its Federal Energy Management Program, and calls for showcase buildings, technical assistance, training, procurement guidance for energy-efficient products, and use of innovative financing such as energy savings performance contracts. Allows agencies to seek waivers from the Secretary of Energy. Revokes Executive Order 12759 except for three specified sections, and contains additional implementation provisions covering procurement, incentives, and interagency coordination.Read the full summaryShow less
E.O.12901
Identification of Trade Expansion Priorities
·William J. Clinton·59 FR 10727