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E.O.12972

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958

Signed September 18, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 48863

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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.

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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to amend Executive Order No. 12958, it is hereby ordered

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Amends: EO 12958, April 17, 1995

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Executive Order 12972 of September 18, 1995

Amendment to Executive Order No. 12958

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and in order to amend Executive Order No.
12958, it is hereby ordered that the definition of
“agency” in section 1.1(i) of such order is hereby
amended to read as follows: “(i) “Agency” means any
“Executive agency” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 105; any
“Military department” as defined in 5 U.S.C. 102; and
any other entity within the executive branch that comes
into the possession of classified information.”

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    September 18, 1995.

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