Amending Executive Order No. 12880
Signed June 3, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 28721
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Plain-language summary
Amends Executive Order 12880 by changing section 1(c) so that a reference to the Department of State is replaced with the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The change is made under the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988 and in accordance with Executive Order 12992, with the stated aim of providing more effective management of the federal government's international narcotics control policies. The order does not otherwise alter the structure or duties described in Executive Order 12880.
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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 the National Narcotics Leadership Act of 1988, as amended (21 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), in accordance with Executive Order No. 12992 of March 15, 1996, and in order to provide for more effective management of the international narcotics control policies of the United States, it is hereby ordered
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Disposition
Amends: EO 12880, November 16, 1993
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13008 of June 3, 1996
Amending Executive Order No. 12880
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the National Narcotics Leadership
Act of 1988, as amended (21 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), in
accordance with Executive Order No. 12992 of March 15,
1996, and in order to provide for more effective
management of the international narcotics control
policies of the United States, it is hereby ordered
that section 1(c) of Executive Order No. 12880 is
amended by deleting “Department of State” and
inserting “Office of National Drug Control Policy” in
lieu thereof.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 3, 1996.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed June 3, 1996. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.