Executive Order 12956 of March 13, 1995
Signed March 13, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 14199
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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.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of the International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and having found that the Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation is a public international organization in which the United States participates within the meaning of the International Organizations Immunities Act, I hereby
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Executive Order 12956 of March 13, 1995
Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and
Development Foundation
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 1 of the International
Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288), and
having found that the Israel-United States Binational
Industrial Research and Development Foundation is a
public international organization in which the United
States participates within the meaning of the
International Organizations Immunities Act, I hereby
designate the Israel-United States Binational
Industrial Research and Development Foundation as a
public international organization entitled to enjoy the
privileges, exemptions, and immunities conferred by the
International Organizations Immunities Act. This
designation is not intended to abridge in any respect
the privileges, exemptions, or immunities that such
organization may have acquired or may acquire by
international agreements or by congressional action.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 13, 1995.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 13, 1995. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.