Amendment to Executive Order No. 12901
Signed September 27, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 51665
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Plain-language summary
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.
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Claimed authority
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 141 and 301-310 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2171, 2411- 2420), and to ensure that the trade policies of the United States advance, to the greatest extent possible, the export of the products and services of the United States and that trade policy resources are used efficiently, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 12901, March 3, 1994
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The order, in full
Executive Order 12973 of September 27, 1995
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12901
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including sections 141 and 301-310 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2171, 2411-
2420), and to ensure that the trade policies of the
United States advance, to the greatest extent possible,
the export of the products and services of the United
States and that trade policy resources are used
efficiently, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order
No. 12901 of March 3, 1994, is amended in section 1 by
inserting in the first sentence “1996” in place of
“1994” and “1997” in place of “1995.”
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 27, 1995.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed September 27, 1995. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.