Department of Agriculture
Orders where directed actors are tied to Department of Agriculture · 40 in Clinton · 244 all terms.
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40 shown · Clinton
Trails for America in the 21st Century
This executive order directs federal agencies to protect, connect, promote, and assist trails throughout the United States in cooperation with tribes, states, local governments, and citizen groups. It formally recognizes the Federal Interagency Council on Trails and mandates coordination on mapping, volunteer programs, National Trails Day participation, and development of an operating handbook for trail administrators.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Central San Joaquin Valley
This executive order establishes an interagency task force to coordinate federal economic development efforts for California's Central San Joaquin Valley, requiring annual reports for five years and focusing on sustainable growth in seven designated counties. The task force includes 16 agency heads or their designees with a rotating chair among Agriculture, HUD, and Commerce.
President's Commission on Improving Economic Opportunity in Communities Dependent on Tobacco Production While Protecting Public Health
This executive order creates a 10-member presidential commission to study economic challenges facing tobacco-dependent communities and recommend solutions that also protect public health, particularly youth. The commission must submit a preliminary report by December 31, 2000, and a final report six months after its first meeting, with automatic termination 30 days after the final report or within two years.
Global Disaster Information Network
This executive order establishes the Global Disaster Information Network, a coordinated federal effort led by an Interagency Coordinating Committee (co-chaired by the Vice President's office, NOAA, and State Department) to improve how the U.S. government uses information technology to collect and share disaster-related information for domestic and international preparedness, response, and recovery. A Committee Support Office will develop plans and strategies, with NOAA providing administrative and funding support.
Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management
This executive order directs all federal agencies to integrate environmental accountability into daily operations and long-term planning, setting specific reduction targets for toxic chemical releases (40% by 2006), hazardous waste generation (50% by 2006), and procurement of ozone-depleting substances (phase-out by 2010). It establishes environmental management systems, compliance audit programs, and interagency coordination mechanisms while revoking five earlier environmental executive orders.
Establishment of the Giant Sequoia National Monument
President Clinton established the Giant Sequoia National Monument, reserving approximately 327,769 acres of federal land in California to protect giant sequoia groves and associated scientific, historic, and ecological resources. The proclamation withdraws these lands from commercial timber production, mining, and most development, directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a management plan within 3 years with scientific advisory input, and imposes restrictions on motorized vehicle use and road construction.
President's Council on the Future of Princeville, North Carolina
This executive order establishes an interagency council to develop recommendations for federal actions to help Princeville, North Carolina recover from Hurricane Floyd flooding and plan for its future. The council includes 15 agency heads and presidential assistants, chaired by the OMB Director, and is tasked with considering the town's unique status as the first U.S. city founded by ex-slaves.
To Delegate Authority for the Administration of the Tariff-Rate Quotas on Sugar-Containing Products and Other Agricultural Products to the United States Trade Representative and the Secretary of Agriculture
This proclamation delegates presidential authority under section 404(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to administer tariff-rate quotas on cotton, dairy products, peanuts, peanut butter, peanut paste, sugar, and sugar-containing products. The United States Trade Representative receives authority to administer these quotas, while the Secretary of Agriculture receives authority to issue import licenses, in consultation with USTR. The proclamation supersedes inconsistent provisions of prior proclamations and executive orders.
Developing and Promoting Biobased Products and Bioenergy
This executive order creates a federal framework to promote biobased products and bioenergy by establishing an Interagency Council co-chaired by Agriculture and Energy Secretaries, an Advisory Committee, departmental working groups, and a National Coordination Office. It mandates annual strategic plans with measurable objectives covering research coordination, economic and environmental impact analysis, and private sector incentives to make renewable farm and forestry resources competitive in energy and materials markets.
Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Lamb Meat
President Clinton imposed a three-year tariff-rate quota on imported lamb meat under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974, following a USITC finding that surging imports threatened serious injury to the domestic industry. The measure sets specific quota volumes and escalating tariff rates for in-quota and over-quota imports, while exempting Canada, Mexico, Israel, Caribbean Basin, Andean, and other minor developing country suppliers.
Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest Border
This executive order establishes an interagency task force co-chaired by Treasury, Agriculture, and Labor to coordinate federal economic development efforts for the Southwest Border region (within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and California). The task force reports to the Vice President and is charged with analyzing programs, developing recommendations, and focusing on pilot communities, with mandatory reports through 2002.
Invasive Species
This executive order establishes a federal framework to prevent, control, and minimize the impacts of invasive species on the economy, environment, and human health. It creates an interagency Invasive Species Council co-chaired by the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce secretaries, mandates federal agencies to integrate invasive species prevention into their activities, and requires development of a national management plan with biennial updates.
Using Technology To Improve Training Opportunities for Federal Government Employees
This executive order establishes a presidential task force and advisory committee to promote technology-based training for federal employees. It directs agencies to designate representatives, develop training technology standards, create online training databases, and explore individual training accounts for workers.
Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition
This executive order directs federal agencies to incorporate waste prevention, recycling, and environmentally preferable purchasing into their operations and procurement. It establishes new governance structures including a Federal Environmental Executive, Agency Environmental Executives, and a Steering Committee, while setting specific deadlines for affirmative procurement programs, strategic planning, and recycled content standards for paper and other products.
President's Council on Food Safety
Establishes the President's Council on Food Safety, co-chaired by the Secretaries of Agriculture and HHS and the President's Science Advisor, to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for federal food safety activities and coordinate budgets and research across agencies. The Council aims to create a seamless, science-based food safety system through improved interagency coordination.
American Indian and Alaska Native Education
This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Education to coordinate federal efforts across 14+ agencies to improve educational outcomes for Native students. It mandates development of a comprehensive federal Indian education policy, regional partnership forums, school pilot sites, and a research agenda, with multiple reporting deadlines over a 5-year task force lifespan.
Coral Reef Protection
This executive order establishes a federal policy to protect U.S. coral reef ecosystems by requiring agencies to identify actions affecting reefs and avoid degrading them. It creates the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force co-chaired by Interior and Commerce to coordinate mapping, monitoring, research, conservation, and international cooperation efforts.
Action Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 Concerning Wheat Gluten
President Clinton imposed a three-year quantitative limit (quota) on wheat gluten imports starting at 126.812 million pounds annually, increasing 6% each year, following a USITC finding that surging imports were seriously injuring the domestic industry. Canada, Mexico, Israel, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries, and minor developing-country suppliers were excluded from the quota.
Federal Support of Community Efforts Along American Heritage Rivers
This executive order establishes the American Heritage Rivers initiative, a voluntary, community-driven program where communities nominate rivers for federal designation and support. It creates an interagency committee to coordinate federal assistance for environmental protection, economic revitalization, and historic preservation along designated rivers, without creating new regulatory authority.
Federal Actions in the Lake Tahoe Region
This executive order creates a Federal Interagency Partnership to coordinate federal agency actions protecting the natural, recreational, and ecological resources of the Lake Tahoe Region. The Partnership includes six federal agencies and is charged with developing a Memorandum of Agreement with California, Nevada, tribal governments, and local entities to align environmental and economic goals.
Protection of Children From Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
This executive order directs federal agencies to prioritize identifying and assessing environmental health and safety risks that disproportionately affect children. It establishes an interagency Task Force co-chaired by HHS and EPA, mandates regulatory impact analyses for children's health in significant rulemakings, and creates an annual reporting mechanism on child well-being indicators.
Strengthened Protections for Human Subjects of Classified Research
This 1997 presidential memorandum strengthens ethical protections for human subjects in classified government research by implementing recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments. It prohibits waiver of informed consent for classified research, requires disclosure of sponsoring agencies and classification status to subjects, mandates special institutional review board procedures including nongovernmental members and appeals processes, requires annual public disclosure of secret research projects, and bars agencies from conducting such research without first adopting modified Common Rule regulations.
Further Amendments to Executive Order No. 12757 Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative
This executive order makes technical amendments to EO 12757, which implemented the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative. It updates statutory citations to include the 1996 Foreign Operations appropriations act (Public Law 104-107) and delegates certain presidential functions under that law to the Secretary of Agriculture, who must act on Council recommendations and consult with the Secretary of State.
To Modify Provisions on Upland Cotton and for Other Purposes
This proclamation makes technical amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to add six new subheadings for upland cotton import quotas, clarify NAFTA Article 307.2 implementation for temporary duty-free admission of repair/alteration goods, correct technical errors in four prior proclamations (6641, 6763, 6821, 6857), and clarify tobacco tariff-rate quota exclusions for hand-rolled cigarettes and chapter 98 entries.
Determinations Under Section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 and Section 304 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act Concerning Broom Corn Brooms
President Clinton directed the U.S. Trade Representative to negotiate agreements within 90 days to address serious injury to the domestic broom corn broom industry from Mexican imports, while declining immediate USITC-recommended tariffs. Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and Labor were directed to develop a domestic industry adjustment program within the same 90-day period. Imports from Canada and Israel were excluded from potential remedies based on USITC findings.
Amendment to Executive Order No. 12580
This executive order amends a 1987 order to delegate certain hazardous substance response authorities under CERCLA (Superfund) to five additional Cabinet secretaries (Interior, Commerce, Agriculture, Defense, Energy) for releases affecting their natural resources or facilities, subject to concurrence from either the Coast Guard (for coastal/Great Lakes/port/harbor areas) or the EPA Administrator (for other areas). The order explicitly prohibits using Superfund money to pay for responses when a responsible party fails to comply with an order.
Declaration of a State of Emergency and Release of Feed Grain From the Disaster Reserve
President Clinton declared a state of emergency on July 1, 1996, due to drought and natural disasters reducing U.S. feed grain supplies, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to release grain from the disaster reserve to assist livestock producers.
Presidential Determination on Food Security Wheat Reserve Release
President Clinton delegated authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to release up to 1.5 million metric tons of wheat from the Food Security Wheat Reserve for emergency food assistance to developing countries during fiscal year 1996, contingent on a domestic supply shortage determination. The determination preserves coordination requirements under Executive Order 12752.
Facilitating Access to Federal Property for the Siting of Mobile Services Antennas
This 1995 memorandum directs federal agencies to facilitate access to federal buildings and lands for siting mobile services antennas to support wireless communications infrastructure buildout. It requires the GSA Administrator to develop procedures within 90 days in consultation with multiple department secretaries, establishes principles for antenna siting including market-based fees, and preserves agency discretion to reject inappropriate requests.
Recreational Fisheries
This executive order directs federal agencies to conserve, restore, and enhance aquatic systems to expand recreational fishing opportunities nationwide. It establishes a National Recreational Fisheries Coordination Council, mandates development of a 5-year Conservation Plan, requires a joint ESA policy from wildlife agencies, and expands an advisory council's role to monitor federal activities affecting recreational fisheries.
Regulatory ReformWaiver of Penalties and Reduction of Reports
This April 21, 1995 presidential memorandum directs federal agencies to implement two regulatory reform policies: (1) exercising enforcement discretion to waive penalties for small businesses that correct violations in good faith, and (2) reducing by half the frequency of public reporting requirements, with both policies requiring implementation plans to OMB by June 15, 1995 and policy implementation by July 14, 1995. The memorandum excludes law enforcement, national security, foreign affairs, trade restrictions, tax/revenue matters, and statistical agencies from its scope.
To Implement Certain Provisions of Trade Agreements Resulting From the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and for Other Purposes
This proclamation implements technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to properly reflect Uruguay Round trade agreements, delays U.S. TRIPs Agreement obligations until January 1, 1996, extends semiconductor mask work protection to specified countries, designates USDA for sanitary/phytosanitary standards public information, and delegates USTR authority to implement a peanut trade agreement with Argentina.
Proclamation 6763To Implement the Trade Agreements Resulting From the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, and for Other Purposes
This proclamation implements the Uruguay Round trade agreements by modifying the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, including staged duty reductions, tariff-rate quotas for agricultural products, and termination of certain quantitative restrictions. It also makes technical corrections to prior proclamations implementing NAFTA, the Andean Trade Preference Act, and the Compact of Free Association with Palau, while extending existing EC retaliatory duties to new member states.
To Establish Tariff-Rate Quotas on Certain Wheat
President Clinton established tariff-rate quotas on certain wheat imports under Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, following an International Trade Commission investigation. The quotas impose higher over-quota duties on durum wheat exceeding 450 million kg and other wheat/meslin exceeding 1.05 billion kg during the quota year running September 12, 1994 to September 11, 1995, with lower in-quota rates for quantities below those thresholds.
Food Security Wheat Reserve Release
President Clinton authorized the release of up to 200,000 metric tons of wheat from the Food Security Wheat Reserve for humanitarian food aid to the Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union in fiscal year 1994, citing severe food shortages and unanticipated exceptional need that could not be met through normal food assistance channels.
National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness
This executive order delegates presidential authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to cabinet secretaries and agency heads for national defense industrial resource preparedness. It establishes frameworks for priorities and allocations of materials and services, expansion of productive capacity through loans and guarantees, labor supply management, and defense industrial base information systems, while revoking and consolidating eleven prior executive orders.
Implementation of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank
This executive order implements two binational institutions created alongside NAFTA: the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) and the North American Development Bank (NADBank). It designates U.S. representatives to both bodies, delegates presidential authorities under the NAFTA Implementation Act to the Treasury Secretary and a newly created Finance Committee, and establishes coordination mechanisms across multiple federal agencies for border environmental and community investment programs.
Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
This executive order requires federal agencies to make environmental justice part of their mission by identifying and addressing disproportionately high adverse health and environmental effects on minority and low-income populations. It creates an interagency working group, mandates agency-specific strategies with specific deadlines, and requires improved data collection, research inclusion, and public participation.
Federal Leadership of Fair Housing
This memorandum directs federal agencies to affirmatively further fair housing, establishes a Cabinet-level President's Fair Housing Council, and revokes Executive Order 12259. It expands protections to disabled persons and families with children, mandates HUD program reviews, and directs action against mortgage lending discrimination.
Leadership and Coordination of Fair Housing in Federal Programs: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
This executive order directs all federal agencies to administer housing and urban development programs in ways that affirmatively further fair housing under the Fair Housing Act. It establishes the President's Fair Housing Council, assigns HUD the lead coordinating role, mandates interagency regulations, and creates enforcement mechanisms including sanctions for noncompliance.