E.O.13037

Commission To Study Capital Budgeting

March 3, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 10185

Establishes the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting, a bipartisan 11-member body appointed by the President, with two co-chairs also designated by the President. Members are to include people with expertise in public and private finance, government officials, and labor and business leaders. The Commission is directed to study capital budgeting practices in other countries and in state, local, and private-sector settings; how to define capital for federal budgeting purposes; the role and measurement of depreciation in a federal capital budget; and the effects a federal capital budget could have on budget choices, economic stability, and budgetary discipline. It must adopt its findings by majority vote and report to the National Economic Council by March 15, 1998, or within one year of its first meeting. Members serve without pay, though private citizens may receive travel expenses. The Department of the Treasury provides funding and administrative support, and the Commission ends 30 days after submitting its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13036

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between American Airlines and its Employees Represented by the Allied Pilots Association

February 15, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 7653

Establishes a three-member Emergency Board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a labor dispute between American Airlines and its employees represented by the Allied Pilots Association, following a National Mediation Board finding that the dispute threatens to substantially interrupt interstate commerce. Board members must have no financial or other interest in any airline or airline employee organization. The Board must report to the President within 30 days of its creation, and for 30 days after that report is submitted, neither party 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, once the Board terminates, are to be kept in the physical custody of the National Mediation Board. The Board's existence ends automatically upon submission of its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13035

Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet

February 11, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 7131

Establishes the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation Internet, made up of up to 25 non-federal members appointed by the President, including representatives from research, education, library, networking, and industry sectors, with co-chairs designated by the President. The committee advises the National Science and Technology Council, through the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, on progress and balance within the High-Performance Computing and Communications Program and the Next Generation Internet initiative, and on whether related research is maintaining U.S. leadership in advanced computing and communications technology. The Department of Defense provides financial and administrative support, and the Director of the National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications provides coordination and technical assistance. Executive agencies must supply requested information, and the committee may form subcommittees or invite outside experts. Members serve unpaid but receive travel expenses. The committee terminates two years from the order's date unless extended by the President.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13034

Extension of Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses

January 30, 1997·William J. Clinton·62 FR 5137

Extends the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, originally established by Executive Order 12961, keeping in place its existing membership, chairperson, and administrative rules. The committee will continue reporting to the President through the Secretaries of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services, focusing on overseeing the Department of Defense's investigation into possible chemical or biological warfare agent exposures during the Gulf War and evaluating the government's progress implementing recommendations from the committee's December 31, 1996 final report. It may also offer advice on new developments related to its original mission. The committee must submit a status report by April 30, 1997, and a final supplemental report by October 31, 1997, unless the President directs otherwise, and will terminate 30 days after submitting that final report. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13033

Executive Order 13033 of December 27, 1996

December 27, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 68987

Sets adjusted rates of basic pay and allowances for various federal pay systems, including the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, Veterans Health Administration schedules, the Senior Executive Service, and uniformed services members, based on schedules attached to the order. Leaves unchanged the pay for the Executive Schedule, the Vice President, Congress, and federal judges, as required by prior appropriations law. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to implement locality-based comparability payments and publish notice of them in the Federal Register. Sets January 1, 1997 as the effective date for military pay adjustments, with other schedules taking effect at the start of the first applicable pay period on or after that date. Supersedes Executive Order 12984 of December 28, 1995, and Executive Order 12990 of February 29, 1996. Applies to federal civilian employees, senior executives, uniformed service members, and certain government officials.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13032

Further Amendment to Executive Order No. 12964

December 26, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 68985

Amends Executive Order 12964, as previously amended by Executive Order 12987, to extend the deadline set in its section 2 for the Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy from December 31, 1996, to February 28, 1997. The change applies only to that single date and does not alter any other provisions of the earlier orders.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13031

Federal Alternative Fueled Vehicle Leadership

December 13, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 66529

Directs federal agencies to develop plans to meet alternative fueled vehicle (AFV) acquisition targets under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, rising from 25 percent of new fleet vehicles in fiscal year 1996 to 75 percent in fiscal year 1999 and beyond, applying mainly to general-use vehicles in larger metropolitan areas. Requires agencies to report compliance to the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Energy, and the General Services Administration within 60 days and annually thereafter, explaining any shortfalls and claimed exemptions for law-enforcement, emergency, or certified military vehicles. Allows agencies to meet targets through leasing, purchase, or conversion, and grants extra credit toward targets for medium-duty, heavy-duty, and zero-emissions vehicles. Ends dedicated Department of Energy funding for other agencies' incremental AFV costs, except for a new partial funding program for electric vehicle purchases starting in fiscal year 1997. Directs the Secretary of Energy to coordinate vehicle placement and refueling infrastructure with nonfederal stakeholders. Supersedes Executive Order 12844.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13030

Administration of Foreign Assistance and Related Functions and Arms Export Controls

December 12, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 66187

Amends three earlier executive orders concerning foreign assistance and arms export controls. It updates Executive Order 12163 to reference additional statutory provisions from the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and several foreign operations appropriations acts. It amends Executive Order 11958 to delegate authority under Section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, as added by the 1996 antiterrorism law, to the Secretary of State, and renumbers related subsections accordingly. It also makes a technical wording change to Executive Order 12884 to expand a cross-reference within that order. The amendments primarily adjust legal citations and delegate specific statutory authority to the Secretary of State rather than creating new policy directives.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13029

Implementing, for the United States, the Provisions of An- nex 1 of the Decision Concerning Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities, Issued by the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe on December 1, 1993

December 3, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 64592

Directs that the privileges and immunities described in Annex 1 of a December 1993 decision on Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities, issued by the Council of Ministers of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, be extended to the personnel and institutions covered by that annex. The order implements this for the United States under authority granted by section 422 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995. It also notes that, effective January 1, 1995, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe is renamed the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13028

Further Amendments to Executive Order No. 12757 Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative

December 3, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 64589

Amends Executive Order 12757, which implements the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, to reflect authority granted under section 571 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996. It updates the order's preamble and Section 1 to cite this new law, delegates to the Secretary (in this context, the Secretary of the Treasury) certain presidential functions under section 571, to be exercised based on recommendations of the relevant Council and in consultation with the Secretary of State. It renumbers the former Section 6 as Section 7 and adds a new Section 6 stating that references to section 571 also cover any future law that is the same or substantially similar. The order states it is meant only to improve internal federal management and creates no enforceable rights for outside parties.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13027

Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a Dispute Between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and Its Employees Represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers

November 15, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 58971

Establishes a three-member emergency board under the Railway Labor Act to investigate a labor dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and employees represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, effective November 16, 1996. Board members must have no financial or organizational ties to railroads or railway labor organizations. Requires the parties to submit final settlement offers to the board within 30 days of its creation, and requires the board to report to the President within 30 days after that, selecting the most reasonable offer. Bars either party from changing the conditions underlying the dispute, except by mutual agreement, from the time the board was requested until 60 days after it reports. Directs that the board's records be treated as records of the Office of the President and, once the board dissolves, be kept by the National Mediation Board. The board terminates automatically once it submits its report.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13026

Administration of Export Controls on Encryption Products

November 15, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 58767

Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and continuing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12924, this order sets rules for regulating encryption products that move from the State Department's Munitions List to the Commerce Department's Commerce Control List. It declares that foreign availability of such encryption cannot be examined publicly or in court without risking classified information, and exempts these exports from certain foreign-availability provisions of the Export Administration Act, though the Secretary of Commerce may still consider foreign availability at his discretion. It amends Executive Order 12981 to require the Departments of State, Defense, Energy, and Justice, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, to review encryption export license applications, giving Justice voting membership on related review boards and committees. It directs that encryption software be treated based on its functional capacity rather than as informationalRead the full summaryShow less

E.O.13025

Amendment to Executive Order 13010, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection

November 13, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 58623

Amends Executive Order 13010, which established the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Changes the rule for choosing the Commission's Chair so that a qualified individual from outside the federal government is designated by the President from among the Commission's members. Restructures the Commission's Steering Committee to comprise five members: four appointed by the President and the fifth being the Commission's Chair, with two of the five required to be employees of the Executive Office of the President. Also increases a numerical limit in section 5 of the original order from ten to 15. The order does not otherwise describe the Commission's duties or timeline.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13024

Amending Executive Order 12015, Relating to Competitive Appointments of Students Who Have Completed Approved Career-Related Work Study Programs

November 7, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 58125

Amends Executive Order 12015 to expand the types of appointments available to students who complete approved career-related work-study programs. It revises the rule so that qualifying students may be converted to a term appointment, in addition to career or career-conditional appointments, and adds a new provision allowing students given a term appointment to later be converted, without competitive hiring procedures, to a career or career-conditional appointment before their term appointment ends. The order also renumbers a later section of the original order to accommodate this addition. It applies to federal agencies administering such student employment conversions.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13023

Amendments to Executive Order 12992, Expanding and Changing the Name of the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics

November 6, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 57767

Amends Executive Order 12992 to rename the President's Council on Counter-Narcotics as the President's Drug Policy Council. Expands the Council's permanent membership to include the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, and Veterans Affairs, along with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. The revised membership list also retains existing members such as the President (as Chairman), Vice President, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of Transportation, 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 Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Counsel to the President, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Advisor to the Vice President. It allows the President to designate additional department and agency officials to serve on the Council as needed.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13022

Administration of the Midway Islands

October 31, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 56875

Transfers jurisdiction and control of the Midway Islands, Hawaiian group, from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Interior, superseding earlier executive orders that had placed the islands under Navy authority. Dissolves the Midway Islands Naval Defensive Sea Area and Naval Airspace Reservation. Directs the Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to administer the islands as the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, focused on preserving biodiversity, conserving fish and wildlife habitat, meeting international treaty obligations, supporting research and education, and maintaining the islands' historic significance. Gives the Secretary of the Interior civil, executive, legislative, and most judicial authority over the islands. Pending legal proceedings under the Midway Islands Code remain with the Secretary of the Navy, while future cases fall to the Secretary of the Interior. States that this order overrides any conflicting prior orders and does not affect the Attorney General's authority to represent U.S. legal interests in related cases.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13021

Tribal Colleges and Universities

October 19, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 54929

Establishes a program within the Department of Education to increase federal support for tribal colleges and universities, defined by reference to specific federal statutes. Creates a President's Board of Advisors on Tribal Colleges and Universities, made up of up to 15 presidentially appointed members, to advise on federal progress toward the order's goals and recommend ways tribal colleges can strengthen finances, technology, infrastructure, and educational outcomes. Sets up a White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities within the Department of Education to support the Board and coordinate agency action. Directs each participating federal agency to appoint a senior liaison official and to develop a Five-Year Plan, including annual funding goals and performance measures, for supporting tribal colleges, to be submitted to the White House Initiative Office and reviewed by the Secretary of Education. Requires annual performance reports from agencies. Encourages private-sector partnerships to support tribal college endowments, facilities, and faculty. The Board terminates after two years unless renewed by the President, and the Department of Education funds and staffs both the Board and the Initiative.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13020

Amendment to Executive Order 12981

October 12, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 54079

Amends Executive Order 12981, which governs review of export license applications, to change the appeal and decision process specifically for commercial communication satellites and hot-section technologies for commercial aircraft engines that move from the United States Munitions List to the Commerce Control List under new Commerce and State Department regulations. For these items, the Operating Committee's Chair must inform reviewing departments and agencies of the Committee's majority vote decision rather than the Chair's own decision, and that decision becomes final unless appealed. Departments or agencies disagreeing with such a decision may appeal to the Advisory Committee on Export Policy within five days, with the Advisory Committee's Chair required to report a majority vote decision within eleven days, followed by a further five-day window for escalation to the Secretary. The order states it creates no enforceable rights and takes effect immediately, remaining in force until terminated.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13019

Supporting Families: Collecting Delinquent Child Support Obligations

September 28, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 51763

Directs federal agencies to implement provisions of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 to help collect overdue child support payments. The Secretary of the Treasury, working with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and other agencies, must develop procedures for collecting past-due child support through administrative offsets against federal payments, and may enter reciprocal agreements with states. Health and Human Services must set up reporting procedures within 120 days. Agencies must review payment classes for possible exemptions from offset, match records to identify delinquent individuals, and share relevant information. The order also directs agencies to deny certain federal financial assistance—defined as federal loans, loan guarantees, or loan insurance—to individuals subject to offset for delinquent child support, unless denial is legally barred, harmful to the child's interests, or otherwise waived. The Attorney General must issue due-process guidelines for these denials. Agencies must report to Treasury on implementation, and Treasury must report annually to the President. The order states it creates no enforceable legal rights.Read the full summaryShow less

E.O.13018

Amending Executive Order No. 12975

September 16, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 49045

Amends Executive Order 12975 by increasing the maximum membership of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission from 15 to 18 members, changing a single number in section 3(a) of that earlier order to allow three additional members to be appointed to the commission.Read the full summaryShow less