Executive orders, proclamations, memoranda, determinations, and other instruments — filter by administration, type, and theme.
9 shown · Sep '99
This executive order extends 16 federal advisory committees until September 30, 2001, revokes several executive orders for completed committees, and makes technical amendments to existing orders including adding the Department of Energy to the President's Export Council, expanding an interagency Coast Guard task force, and updating the structure of committees on arts/humanities and physical fitness.
This executive order establishes procedures for administering investigational drugs to military personnel during particular military operations when FDA-approved alternatives are unavailable. It creates a detailed waiver process for informed consent requirements under 10 U.S.C. 1107(f), requiring presidential approval, FDA consultation, ongoing monitoring, and congressional notification.
President Clinton authorized transferring $18.1 million from unallocated Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs funds to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), waiving normal legal restrictions under section 614(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Secretary of State was directed to transmit this determination to Congress and arrange Federal Register publication.
President Clinton delegated to the Attorney General the authority to maintain custody and conduct screening of undocumented persons intercepted on the high seas through December 31, 2000, with ratification of actions taken since April 16, 1999. The delegation explicitly excludes any enforceable rights or refugee determination procedures.
President Clinton continued the national emergency with respect to UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) beyond its September 26, 1999 expiration date, maintaining sanctions including arms, petroleum, aircraft, diamond, and property restrictions originally imposed in 1993 and expanded in 1997-1998.
President Clinton waived sanctions on India and Pakistan until October 20, 1999, specifically allowing assistance to three conservation and environmental programs: the Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, and the Indo-American Environmental Leadership Program. The waiver was issued under authority of section 902 of the India-Pakistan Relief Act of 1998.
This executive order amends Executive Order 12975 to revise the National Bioethics Advisory Commission's structure and expertise requirements. It specifies that NBAC members must represent five defined expertise areas, extends the commission's termination date from October 3, 1999 to October 3, 2001, and establishes membership balance between scientists and non-scientists.
President Clinton extended for one year the exercise of certain authorities under the Trading With the Enemy Act, continuing economic sanctions regulations administered by the Treasury Department that were scheduled to expire on September 14, 1999. The determination applies to the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Transaction Control Regulations, and Cuban Assets Control Regulations.
This executive order extends the termination date of the President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History from March 1, 1999 to December 31, 2000, giving the commission additional time to develop support systems and test the viability of its recommendations.