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6 shown · Nov '97
Executive Order 13068 declares Friday, December 26, 1997 a federal holiday, closing all executive departments and agencies and excusing employees from duty, with exceptions for national security, defense, or other public needs. The day is treated as a legal holiday for federal employee pay and leave purposes under existing statutes.
President Clinton approved a proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan under Section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act, determining it would promote and not unreasonably risk U.S. common defense and security. The determination authorizes the Secretaries of State and Energy to arrange for the agreement's execution and requires publication in the Federal Register.
President Clinton determined that providing U.S. assistance funds to the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union without certain statutory restrictions was important to national security interests. The Secretary of State was directed to notify Congress and arrange Federal Register publication.
President Clinton continued the national emergency declared by Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, regarding weapons of mass destruction proliferation. The emergency was extended beyond its November 14, 1997 expiration date for another year under the National Emergencies Act.
This memorandum authorizes the Secretary of State to further redelegate presidential authorities to any executive branch officer, specifically to facilitate consolidating the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency into the Department of State. It applies to authorities delegated to the Secretary of State by any prior or future act, order, determination, regulation, or Executive order that had been or could be redelegated to the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.
This executive order declares a national emergency and imposes comprehensive economic sanctions on Sudan, blocking all Sudanese government property in U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting trade, investment, financial transactions, and transportation services between the United States and Sudan. The sanctions take effect immediately with a limited 30-day wind-down period for pre-existing trade contracts.